A couple of months ago I switched out my PSU for a fully modular. After I switched my PSU was when the first drive died. It was working perfectly fine prior to that. I thought I messed up my drive somehow while switching PSUs.
I've only decided to RMA my HDD this month and so far I've been through 3 HDDs which do not work. I have checked in device manager, disk manager and BIOS and I could not find it anywhere. I've tried using the wires my SSD uses and I made sure I was grounded while handling my components.
Original HDD (1.5 TB Barracuda) : Dies after switching PSU. Tested on all ports with with different cables and on different computers.
1st Replacement (1.5 TB Refurbished Barracuda) : Dead on arrival. Tested on all ports with working SSD's cables.
2nd Replacement (1.5 TB Refurbished Barracuda) : Dead on arrival. Tested on all ports with working SSD's cables. Warranty transferred me to technical support to make sure my HDD was dead before transferring back to warranty after agreeing that it's dead.
3rd Replacement (2 TB Barracuda) : Dead on arrival. They sent me an upgrade after RMAing twice and this one was new. Tested on all ports with different cables as well as a different computer.
It's been 3 weeks and I don't know what to do. I'm beginning to suspect something happens the first time I power on my computer after plugging in my HDD.
I'm not exactly in a rush but at the same time it would be very helpful if I could. I've already considered getting a new drive but that's a lot of money.
Do I RMA this drive again? What would I say?
Specs:
i5 3570k
Z77A-GD65
Radeon HD 7950
Samsung 840 Evo
New: AX760
Old: TX650M
Kingston HyperX 2x4GB
CM Hyper 212 Evo
I've only decided to RMA my HDD this month and so far I've been through 3 HDDs which do not work. I have checked in device manager, disk manager and BIOS and I could not find it anywhere. I've tried using the wires my SSD uses and I made sure I was grounded while handling my components.
Original HDD (1.5 TB Barracuda) : Dies after switching PSU. Tested on all ports with with different cables and on different computers.
1st Replacement (1.5 TB Refurbished Barracuda) : Dead on arrival. Tested on all ports with working SSD's cables.
2nd Replacement (1.5 TB Refurbished Barracuda) : Dead on arrival. Tested on all ports with working SSD's cables. Warranty transferred me to technical support to make sure my HDD was dead before transferring back to warranty after agreeing that it's dead.
3rd Replacement (2 TB Barracuda) : Dead on arrival. They sent me an upgrade after RMAing twice and this one was new. Tested on all ports with different cables as well as a different computer.
It's been 3 weeks and I don't know what to do. I'm beginning to suspect something happens the first time I power on my computer after plugging in my HDD.
I'm not exactly in a rush but at the same time it would be very helpful if I could. I've already considered getting a new drive but that's a lot of money.
Do I RMA this drive again? What would I say?
Specs:
i5 3570k
Z77A-GD65
Radeon HD 7950
Samsung 840 Evo
New: AX760
Old: TX650M
Kingston HyperX 2x4GB
CM Hyper 212 Evo
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