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?

stulid · 31 Dec 2010 at 00:17

Does it display a picture? it should get to the POST screen without a HDD attached, if it cant do this then you have other issues.

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?

stulid · 31 Dec 2010 at 00:24

then try the old one stick at a time trick.

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?

stulid · 31 Dec 2010 at 00:37

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

Jesus!!! dont sound good if the heatsink fan packs up, I think the motherboard is kaput, but also try a cmos clear.

Lovejoy! · 31 Dec 2010 at 00:38

how would i go about doing that?

nm, in the process of doing it.

cammy5477 · 31 Dec 2010 at 00:41

Lovejoy! said:
how would i go about doing that?

pull the battery out on the mobo for a couple of minutes

stulid · 31 Dec 2010 at 00:42

Lovejoy! said:
how would i go about doing that?

remove the pc from the mains supply, pop out the battery on the motherboard, wait a minute or two, stick back in and re-attach the pc back to the mains.

Now when you boot up, it will stall at the post screen complaining about "defaults loaded" just enter the bios and.

set date and time.

Boot order.

check configurations of ant onboard stuff(audio/usb etc)

save and exit the bios.

joey1211 · 31 Dec 2010 at 00:44

Don't you also have to fiddle with a jumper on the mobo, or has this been done away with on new kit?

stulid · 31 Dec 2010 at 00:45

joey1211 said:
Don't you also have to fiddle with a jumper on the mobo, or has this been done away with on new kit?

Doesnt matter if you pull the battery out, does the same thing, its just quicker this instead of asking him his motherboard model, then finding out where this jumper is etc etc.

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.

joey1211 · 31 Dec 2010 at 00:49

Do the hds spin up with only the power connected?

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

joey1211 · 31 Dec 2010 at 00:54

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

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

coupe69 · 31 Dec 2010 at 01:49

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?

M1k3H · 31 Dec 2010 at 02:00

Lovejoy! said:
how do you mean mate?

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

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

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.