What I THINK is a HDD problem!

Lovejoy! · 31 Dec 2010 at 00:15

look, i'm stressed. basically, i bought a new 500W PSU today for my broken PC as i was under the impression it was the cause for the PC being broken in the first case.

anyway, everything's plugged in. everything's set up. i turn the switch on at the back of the PSU and yes, the fan works. the CPU fan is going. the GPU fan is going. the DVD-ROM drives open and close. the lights on the front of the PC are on (solidly) and all that's missing IS THE BEEP.

i presume this is hdd related? both of my hard drives are powered, and connected to the mobo with sata cables. there's just nothing from them. at all. :/

any ideas lads and lasses?

Lovejoy! · 31 Dec 2010 at 00:23

hmm, nah, it's just seems like everything's working except the HDDs. guess i haven't checked the RAM?

Lovejoy! · 31 Dec 2010 at 00:36

i did. for one of them the cpu fan stopped spinning. with both back in it's fine?

Lovejoy! · 31 Dec 2010 at 00:38

how would i go about doing that?

nm, in the process of doing it.

Lovejoy! · 31 Dec 2010 at 00:46

sigh, nothing happens and now the heatsink fan stops spinning after a second

edit: it's started working again (the fan)

still nothing in the way of a beep or anything on screen. just a lot of activity.

Lovejoy! · 31 Dec 2010 at 00:50

joey1211 said:
Do the hds spin up with only the power connected?

how do you mean mate?

tbf, coming out of the back i've only got the dvi cable and the power

Lovejoy! · 31 Dec 2010 at 00:58

joey1211 said:
Are the hds pulling power from the psu? Dom they make a noise or can you feel them spinning?

i think there's movement there. it's nothing crazy but i think they're spinning

Lovejoy! · 31 Dec 2010 at 01:33

Lovejoy! · 31 Dec 2010 at 02:03

coupe69 said:
What video card are you using? Have you tried reseating it?

Does your video card require extra power from the PSU in the form of 6 or 8 pin PCI-E connectors? If so are they connected correctly?

7800 gt. HAVEN'T tried reseating, will do that now. 8 pin connector is connected.

Lovejoy! · 31 Dec 2010 at 02:04

M1k3H said:
no keyboard/mouse etc?
old mobos would not boot without keyboard attached.

usb keyboard in the back

Lovejoy! · 31 Dec 2010 at 02:13

reseating changes nothing

although, taking it out, i noticed i can really hear the hard drives working.

Lovejoy! · 31 Dec 2010 at 02:43

coupe69 said:
You mean the 6 pin PCI-E plug is connected to your 7800GT right?

Have you plugged in the mainboard 4 or 8 pin power connector for the CPU?

What is the make and model of your mainboard?

gigabyte ds3

that thing!

and yeah, theyre plugged in.