- Jan 31, 2015
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Hi,
So recently I had a power shortage that resulted in me having to replace my PSU, MoBo and HDD.
My current setup is:
PSU: Thermaltake SmartM850W
MoBo: Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 LGA 1150
Main Drive: Samsung 840 EVO-Series 120GB SATA III SSD
DVD Drive: LG 24x DVD-R/8x DVD-RW
CPU: INTEL CORE I5 4570 3.2g
Video Card: Gigabyte GV-N770OC-4GD GTX 770
RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws X series 8 GB (2x4GB) 240 pin DDR
OS: Windows 8.1 64bit
As I am rapidly running out of space on my SSD, I of course wanted to get a replacement HDD. I initially ordered a new WD OEM 3TB drive from Amazon and upon it arriving and me attempting to install it, it would not spin. I chocked this up as a defective drive and initiated the return policy and drove out to Best Buy to pick up a replacement new in box.
I ended up with a Seagate 3TB drive and, upon installing, same thing. The hard drive will not spin and of course BIOS does not detect it.
I have tried different cables/SATA slots on the MoBo, no go.
I have tried different power cables from PSU to HDD, again no go.
I have disconnected the cables from my working SSD and DVD drives and connected them directly to the HDD, and again, no go.
While I can see my luck being bad enough to receive a faulty OEM drive, I am having a hard time believing my luck would be so bad that both HDDs I try are faulty, including the one new in a sealed box with its own cables that do not work.
I have a SATA to USB adapter cable that, also, does nothing when I attempt to connect it to either drive I have. Though the light on the adapter does turn on.
Do I have the worst luck in the world or am I missing something here?
So recently I had a power shortage that resulted in me having to replace my PSU, MoBo and HDD.
My current setup is:
PSU: Thermaltake SmartM850W
MoBo: Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 LGA 1150
Main Drive: Samsung 840 EVO-Series 120GB SATA III SSD
DVD Drive: LG 24x DVD-R/8x DVD-RW
CPU: INTEL CORE I5 4570 3.2g
Video Card: Gigabyte GV-N770OC-4GD GTX 770
RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws X series 8 GB (2x4GB) 240 pin DDR
OS: Windows 8.1 64bit
As I am rapidly running out of space on my SSD, I of course wanted to get a replacement HDD. I initially ordered a new WD OEM 3TB drive from Amazon and upon it arriving and me attempting to install it, it would not spin. I chocked this up as a defective drive and initiated the return policy and drove out to Best Buy to pick up a replacement new in box.
I ended up with a Seagate 3TB drive and, upon installing, same thing. The hard drive will not spin and of course BIOS does not detect it.
I have tried different cables/SATA slots on the MoBo, no go.
I have tried different power cables from PSU to HDD, again no go.
I have disconnected the cables from my working SSD and DVD drives and connected them directly to the HDD, and again, no go.
While I can see my luck being bad enough to receive a faulty OEM drive, I am having a hard time believing my luck would be so bad that both HDDs I try are faulty, including the one new in a sealed box with its own cables that do not work.
I have a SATA to USB adapter cable that, also, does nothing when I attempt to connect it to either drive I have. Though the light on the adapter does turn on.
Do I have the worst luck in the world or am I missing something here?
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