Do I have enough power to run these drives?

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Basically my issue is that I just bought a 1TB hard drive to replace the old 360GB I currently have, which is house all the major files to run my computer. So I connected both of them, and the 1TB one doesn't active or turn on, as it's not showing up on my bootloader or the "My Computer" window. I figure it has to be the power supply, due to the fact that I also have a disc drive attached the same but not running as well. I made sure to check all the connections to all the components to make sure it's attached to the power supply, but it's not running. So it can't be a faulty hard drive. So could it be the power supply, and if so, what should I get instead to replace it so I can run two drives (One for Media Cache, and the other for my Main OS).

Operating System
Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1

CPU
Intel Core i5 2500K @ 3.30GHz
Sandy Bridge 32nm Technology

RAM
16.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 665MHz (9-9-9-24)

Motherboard
Intel Corporation DH67GD (LGA1155)

Graphics
2367 (1920x1080@60Hz)
VK246 (1920x1080@60Hz)
1024MB ATI AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series (Gigabyte)

Hard Drives
335GB Seagate ST3360320AS ATA Device (SATA)

Power Supply
RAIDMAX HYBRID 2 RX-530SS 530W
 
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Dark Lord of Tech

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That PSU is junk.Raidmax power supplies have been known to explode.

Tier 5 - Other than the units listed above for any of these brands, NOT RECOMMENDED. Replace ASAP if you have one.

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Did you partition and format the new hard disk drive using the Windows 7 Disk Management tool in Control Panel --> All Control Panel Items --> Administrative Tools --> Computer Management ?

If the new hard disk drive hasn't been partitioned it will not show up in My Computer.
 
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No it didn't appear in the computer management window
 
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Nope, it doesn't shot up in the boot menu or any bios options.
 
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There should be two cables connected to each hard disk drive. A SATA power cable from the power supply unit and a SATA data cable from the motherboard's SATA port.

If the SATA power cable from the power supply unit is not providing power to the hard disk drives then they won't show up in BIOS.

Raidmax has a horrible reputation for their power supplies.
 
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Huh, I had my power supply for then a year and a half, it it's ok so far. That's why I was questioning whether it was the power supply or not. But I guess their not enough juice going to it. Is their another power supply that you could reccommend if I was looking to replace it now?
 
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