- Apr 21, 2014
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First I had a system going with one SSD (with the OS on), and two HDDs. All are connected to the MB with SATA-cables, the SSD is connected to the PSU with a SATA-power cable, and the HDDs are connected to the PSU with a secondary SATA-power cable (which has two connections on it, allowing it to power both drives with one PSU-connection).
Today I was going to install two additional HDDs (one empty and one with another OS on it that I was planning to format), I had gotten myself a new PSU-cable that has four SATA-power connections on it. So I connected everything, SATA-cables from all HDDs to the MB, and now one PSU-cable powering the four HDDs, and one PSU-cable powering the SSD. The computer booted fine, but now I see in Windows that only the SSD is recognized. I restarted the computer, and went into the BIOS, and found that also there only the SSD is recognized, the computer isn't aware of the HDDs at all (and remember two of the HDDs have been working fine in this computer for a long time). Then I checked the HDDs while the computer was on, and none are making any noise, nor any vibrations.
I then tried to switch back to exactly the way it was before, with the old cable and only the two HDDs, but still only the SSD is working. I tried connecting my HDDs one by one into the power cable and sata-cable that the SSD uses, but still none are working.
So have really all of my HDDs died at the exact same time (presumably from the new power cable), or is there some way to at least get it back to the way it was before? As I heard no weird noises or anything, I doubt there is any physical damage to the drives, but I just can't for the life of me figure out why then the old setup is no longer working. I have also not found anyone else experiencing the same thing (several HDDs not working, even though they worked moments before). One of the old HDDs has a music and movie collection of almost 1TB, so I would be really grateful if someone helped me solve this problem. Thank you in advance if you do help me.
Today I was going to install two additional HDDs (one empty and one with another OS on it that I was planning to format), I had gotten myself a new PSU-cable that has four SATA-power connections on it. So I connected everything, SATA-cables from all HDDs to the MB, and now one PSU-cable powering the four HDDs, and one PSU-cable powering the SSD. The computer booted fine, but now I see in Windows that only the SSD is recognized. I restarted the computer, and went into the BIOS, and found that also there only the SSD is recognized, the computer isn't aware of the HDDs at all (and remember two of the HDDs have been working fine in this computer for a long time). Then I checked the HDDs while the computer was on, and none are making any noise, nor any vibrations.
I then tried to switch back to exactly the way it was before, with the old cable and only the two HDDs, but still only the SSD is working. I tried connecting my HDDs one by one into the power cable and sata-cable that the SSD uses, but still none are working.
So have really all of my HDDs died at the exact same time (presumably from the new power cable), or is there some way to at least get it back to the way it was before? As I heard no weird noises or anything, I doubt there is any physical damage to the drives, but I just can't for the life of me figure out why then the old setup is no longer working. I have also not found anyone else experiencing the same thing (several HDDs not working, even though they worked moments before). One of the old HDDs has a music and movie collection of almost 1TB, so I would be really grateful if someone helped me solve this problem. Thank you in advance if you do help me.
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