Short Explanation:
My computer will boot when I have my SSD (Silicon Power 240GB S60 3K P/E Cycle Toggle MLC 2.5" 7mm SATA III 6Gb/s) and it's partner HHD (500GB Western digital I think, only piece of hardware I'm not sure atm). When I power down, unplug, and try plugging in a 3rd drive (Seagate Desktop HDD.15 ST4000DM000 4TB 5900 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive) the fans spin for a second then the whole thing shuts off.
Hardware:
• Motherboard
o GIGABYTE GA-F2A88XM-D3H FM2+ / FM2 AMD A88X (Bolton D4) 8 x SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
• Processor
o AMD A6-5400K Trinity Dual-Core 3.6 GHz Socket FM2 65W AD540KOKHJBOX Desktop APU (CPU + GPU) with DirectX 11 Graphic
• RAM
o HyperX Fury Black Series 8GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 Desktop Memory Model HX318C10FB/8
• PSU
o EVGA 500 W1 80+, 500W Continuous Power, 3 Year Warranty Power Supply 100-W1-0500-KR
• Video Card
o EVGA GeForce 210 Passive 1024 MB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 DVI/HDMI/VGA Graphics Card
• SSD1
o Silicon Power 240GB S60 3K P/E Cycle Toggle MLC 2.5" 7mm SATA III 6Gb/s Internal Solid State Drive
• HHD1
o 500G, (don't have this info atm)
• HHD2
o Seagate Desktop HDD.15 ST4000DM000 4TB 5900 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
• HHD3
o WD Blue 1 TB Desktop Hard Drive: 3.5 Inch, 7200 RPM, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64 MB Cache
Long Explanation:
Recently went about updating the PC somewhat piece by piece. Primarily used for movie watching and interneting. Got the new MOBO, CPU, and RAM hooked up. Switched out the 500G HHD for the SSD but still using the 500G as a partner drive. Computer wouldn't start unless I was holding the LED pwr button and plugging it in at the same time (some form of hotwiring, or whatever it's called in this degree). But once it started, it stayed running. Installed Windows 7 and would run fine.
Formatted the 500G HHD. Completely clean update. Hooked up the 4TB HHD, still running fine. Was able to access all the videos and stuff on it. Also had an old Optical Drive in it as well. All running on 10 year old 300W PSU. Ran out of sata ports and molex-to-sata power adapters for the last HHD because it's so old, decided to upgrade PSU.
In the mean time, bent pins on the CPU messing around with it. Bought a new LED PWR cord, thinking the old one is faulty. Realized I had the USB multi SD card reader front plate plug and the LED plug in the opposite ports (weren't labelled and came from the same general location up in the hidden corner) so I was basically hot wiring the computer with the SD card reader power some how from the get go even before the new PSU. I have no idea how it started like this. Knew not to make that mistake with new PSU.
Installed new PSU. Install replacement CPU (and heatsink). Plug in the cords correctly this time, including led pwr. Plug everything else (video card, network card) in. The Computer won't start. Fans spin briefly but don't stay on. Unfortunately, this old case also didn't come with an internal speaker so I can't judge the beeps. Plug SSD into external adapter on laptop. It's R/Wable, just fine.
Experimenting:
Breadboarded computer, using a flat head screw drive to hotwire the mobo, this time still thinking the LED pwr cord is still faulty since its not booting. Doesn't start. Breadboard with only the SSD. Booted! Powered down. Plugged in partner drive. Boots. Plugged in old optical CD/DVD drive. Boots. Plug in 4TB HHD. Fans spin briefly and then dies.
Plug 4TB HHD into external adapter. The thing won't even turn on. Unhook the HHD, the adapter will power on.
At this point it's fairly obvious the 4TB has "blown a fuse".
BUT the biggest problem is, it's doing it with the 1TB HHD that has yet to ever be in a powered on rig too. Only time it was plugged in was during the initial not powering problem with all the updated hardware (since the new psu had a power sata cord for it). While I could be wrong here and maybe at one time had it plugged in, I distinctly remember saying to myself I'll mess with that hard drive when the new PSU comes. Also, I'm 99% sure I at least flipped the PSU I/O switch off every time I plugged stuff in but I could be wrong here. In an act of desperation I did plug one of the HDD into the sata power while the computer was running just to see what would happen, and it shut the whole thing down. I'm afraid I don't know which one though so I may have blown both additional HHDs in 2 separate ways.
So, what is going on with my 2nd and 3rd HHD that they are stopping the PSU from powering on the system and did I inadvertently blow their power when I was shorting the Mobo at the LED source? Do Sata HHD come with a power override to keep them from being short circuited? Is there something I'm not thinking of?
My computer will boot when I have my SSD (Silicon Power 240GB S60 3K P/E Cycle Toggle MLC 2.5" 7mm SATA III 6Gb/s) and it's partner HHD (500GB Western digital I think, only piece of hardware I'm not sure atm). When I power down, unplug, and try plugging in a 3rd drive (Seagate Desktop HDD.15 ST4000DM000 4TB 5900 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive) the fans spin for a second then the whole thing shuts off.
Hardware:
• Motherboard
o GIGABYTE GA-F2A88XM-D3H FM2+ / FM2 AMD A88X (Bolton D4) 8 x SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
• Processor
o AMD A6-5400K Trinity Dual-Core 3.6 GHz Socket FM2 65W AD540KOKHJBOX Desktop APU (CPU + GPU) with DirectX 11 Graphic
• RAM
o HyperX Fury Black Series 8GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 Desktop Memory Model HX318C10FB/8
• PSU
o EVGA 500 W1 80+, 500W Continuous Power, 3 Year Warranty Power Supply 100-W1-0500-KR
• Video Card
o EVGA GeForce 210 Passive 1024 MB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 DVI/HDMI/VGA Graphics Card
• SSD1
o Silicon Power 240GB S60 3K P/E Cycle Toggle MLC 2.5" 7mm SATA III 6Gb/s Internal Solid State Drive
• HHD1
o 500G, (don't have this info atm)
• HHD2
o Seagate Desktop HDD.15 ST4000DM000 4TB 5900 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
• HHD3
o WD Blue 1 TB Desktop Hard Drive: 3.5 Inch, 7200 RPM, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64 MB Cache
Long Explanation:
Recently went about updating the PC somewhat piece by piece. Primarily used for movie watching and interneting. Got the new MOBO, CPU, and RAM hooked up. Switched out the 500G HHD for the SSD but still using the 500G as a partner drive. Computer wouldn't start unless I was holding the LED pwr button and plugging it in at the same time (some form of hotwiring, or whatever it's called in this degree). But once it started, it stayed running. Installed Windows 7 and would run fine.
Formatted the 500G HHD. Completely clean update. Hooked up the 4TB HHD, still running fine. Was able to access all the videos and stuff on it. Also had an old Optical Drive in it as well. All running on 10 year old 300W PSU. Ran out of sata ports and molex-to-sata power adapters for the last HHD because it's so old, decided to upgrade PSU.
In the mean time, bent pins on the CPU messing around with it. Bought a new LED PWR cord, thinking the old one is faulty. Realized I had the USB multi SD card reader front plate plug and the LED plug in the opposite ports (weren't labelled and came from the same general location up in the hidden corner) so I was basically hot wiring the computer with the SD card reader power some how from the get go even before the new PSU. I have no idea how it started like this. Knew not to make that mistake with new PSU.
Installed new PSU. Install replacement CPU (and heatsink). Plug in the cords correctly this time, including led pwr. Plug everything else (video card, network card) in. The Computer won't start. Fans spin briefly but don't stay on. Unfortunately, this old case also didn't come with an internal speaker so I can't judge the beeps. Plug SSD into external adapter on laptop. It's R/Wable, just fine.
Experimenting:
Breadboarded computer, using a flat head screw drive to hotwire the mobo, this time still thinking the LED pwr cord is still faulty since its not booting. Doesn't start. Breadboard with only the SSD. Booted! Powered down. Plugged in partner drive. Boots. Plugged in old optical CD/DVD drive. Boots. Plug in 4TB HHD. Fans spin briefly and then dies.
Plug 4TB HHD into external adapter. The thing won't even turn on. Unhook the HHD, the adapter will power on.
At this point it's fairly obvious the 4TB has "blown a fuse".
BUT the biggest problem is, it's doing it with the 1TB HHD that has yet to ever be in a powered on rig too. Only time it was plugged in was during the initial not powering problem with all the updated hardware (since the new psu had a power sata cord for it). While I could be wrong here and maybe at one time had it plugged in, I distinctly remember saying to myself I'll mess with that hard drive when the new PSU comes. Also, I'm 99% sure I at least flipped the PSU I/O switch off every time I plugged stuff in but I could be wrong here. In an act of desperation I did plug one of the HDD into the sata power while the computer was running just to see what would happen, and it shut the whole thing down. I'm afraid I don't know which one though so I may have blown both additional HHDs in 2 separate ways.
So, what is going on with my 2nd and 3rd HHD that they are stopping the PSU from powering on the system and did I inadvertently blow their power when I was shorting the Mobo at the LED source? Do Sata HHD come with a power override to keep them from being short circuited? Is there something I'm not thinking of?
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