Sign in with
Sign up | Sign in
Your question

What is frying my drives?

Tags:
  • Hard Drives
  • SSD
  • Power Supplies
  • Motherboards
  • Components
Last response: in Components
Share
April 19, 2013 4:54:15 PM

hello all,

A few days ago I heard a slight popping noise. This was the sound of my hard drive failing. Initially, I didn't think too much about it. It had lasted quite a while, so I just ordered myself an ssd.

So today as soon as my ssd arrives I pop it in and I hear a pop, smell smoke (but didn't see any), and realize I have a more serious problem than I thought.

My computer boots up into the bios just fine, and from examining my mobo, vid cards, and what not, everything appears to be OK.

My question is this, what the heck is frying my hard drive and now my ssd? Could it be a faulty power supply? Do I need to replace my mobo?

I would greatly appreciate any help from you guys.

Intel i5 2500k
Asrock p67 extreme 4 gen 3
hd 7870 crossfire
ocz 700 watt psu

More about : frying drives

a b ) Power supply
a b V Motherboard
April 19, 2013 5:38:56 PM

I would think the psu is killing things.
m
0
l
a c 1218 ) Power supply
a c 224 V Motherboard
April 19, 2013 5:42:31 PM

The storage drives receive all of their power from the power supply's SATA power connectors only so that would be the primary suspect.
m
3
l
Related resources
April 19, 2013 6:50:26 PM

Thank you guys so much!

I was feeling pretty down earlier today but now I am hopeful that changing the psu will do the trick.

Thanks again guys, tech probs are no fun : (
m
0
l
a b ) Power supply
a b V Motherboard
April 19, 2013 7:11:47 PM

But remember the motherboard is also running on that PSU. Kind of strange that is not smoking.
Could potentially be a motherboard problem with voltage applied to the SATA connector.

Kind of a hard thing to troubleshoot because testing leads to burned up components.
m
0
l
April 24, 2013 5:23:03 PM

Hey guys, just wanted to update this thread.

It was indeed the power supply that was causing my issue.

Changed out my ocz 700w with a Seasonic 750w.

No burned out drive this time (thank goodness!).

Hopefully, someone will be helped out by the info in this thread one day!
m
0
l
a c 2489 ) Power supply
a c 1533 V Motherboard
April 24, 2013 6:45:09 PM

Seasonic 750w < nice choice and glad to hear the good news.
m
0
l
!