Dumb Move! Disconnected sata cable while power cable connected

arlet

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Mar 15, 2013
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Hello,

Let me first say I recently got into building pc's so am no expert.
Anyways on my recently built pc I needed an extra sata cable so I went to the living room computer to disconnect one from one of the two dvd drives that dont get used. I did this while the pc was off BUT the power cable was connected.
Now the pc will power on but nothing happens, the bios doesnt pop up and the screen just stays blank.
I was going to replace that computer anyways it was really outdated but just out of curiousity wanna know if having the power cable connected while unplugging a sata cable screwed it up?
 
Solution
You disconnect the power from the system.
Hit the power button to remove all power from the system.
Look for the clear_rtc pr similar jumper(near the batter most times) and move it to the clear position for about 10 seconds then move it back.
Plug in the system, hit power and cross your fingers.

arlet

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Mar 15, 2013
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Had not thought of resetting the BIOS will do now. Yea I thought it be harmless to just disconnect the sata cables but thats the only thing different that i did before the computer stopped working

Now i have to look up how to go about resseting the BIOS
 
You disconnect the power from the system.
Hit the power button to remove all power from the system.
Look for the clear_rtc pr similar jumper(near the batter most times) and move it to the clear position for about 10 seconds then move it back.
Plug in the system, hit power and cross your fingers.
 
Solution

arlet

Honorable
Mar 15, 2013
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10,510


Hey I reset the BIOS last night and it WORKED! :D

Hah now to figure what im going to use this pc for since im still doing the other build