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So, this requires a bit of backstory.

I came home from work the other night to my PSU buzzing fairly loudly. I looked it up and discovered that this meant my PSU was dying and needed to be replaced. Thus, I bought a new power supply, hooked everything back up, did a little tidying up of my previous cable management, and booted into the BIOS to make sure everything checked out okay.

Unfortunately, this is where my issue resides. I cannot for the life of me get my 1TB WD Blue HDD to show up in BIOS since replacing my PSU. I have two SSDs that still show up just fine. Ive tried using a different SATA data cable, checked to make sure the port is enabled in BIOS (it is), used a different SATA power cable... I don't know what's going on.

If I'm being honest, I'm a little worried I may have damaged the SATA connector on the HDD itself somehow when I was cramming the excess cables into my PSU shroud during cable management. At one point when I was cramming in the cables in I accidentally yanked the SATA cable out of the drive at a bad angle. The cable still plugs into the drive nice and snug, so I assumed it was fine, but... maybe not? Im really hoping I dont have to buy a new HDD as I just bought this one less than two months ago.

Anyway, I guess I'm just wondering if there's anything I'm missing here? Most troubleshooting guides seem to agree that if it isnt the cables then my HDD is most likely dead, I just want to be sure theres not some way to fix this issue that im overlooking before I spend the money on a new drive.
 
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Are you actually sure the PSU was making the buzzing noise? HDDs can make noise too, especially one that's failing (or overheating etc etc).

A failing PSU (especially of poor quality) could damage other components too, so it's entirely possible the HDD was damaged.

Unless the SATA cable had a locking connector, pulling the cable off wouldn't do any harm - you'd see it physically if it did.
Even if there was a locking connector, I'm not convinced they hold tight enough to cause damage.

Is the HDD showing up inside "Disk Management" inside Windows? Would be unlikely, as it should show up the BIOS - but worth checking.
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Are you actually sure the PSU was making the buzzing noise? HDDs can make noise too, especially one that's failing (or overheating etc etc).

A failing PSU (especially of poor quality) could damage other components too, so it's entirely possible the HDD was damaged.

Unless the SATA cable had a locking connector, pulling the cable off wouldn't do any harm - you'd see it physically if it did.
Even if there was a locking connector, I'm not convinced they hold tight enough to cause damage.

Is the HDD showing up inside "Disk Management" inside Windows? Would be unlikely, as it should show up the BIOS - but worth checking.
 
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letsgoradio

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Definitely sure it was the PSU making the noise. I wonder if my old PSU fried my drive in its final moments... *sigh*

Ive checked disk management a few times (my original thought was to simply rescan in hopes it would magically pop up-- no luck)

The cable does have a locking mechanism but as you stated I feel like I would be able to notice if I had bent/broken the connector somehow.
 
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letsgoradio

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Will do. I'll have to have my buddy test it in his system as this is the only one I own. In the mean time I guess Ill order another drive... worst case scenario is the drive is busted and I already have a replacement on the way, best case is I find a way to get it working again and I have a backup. Thanks for trying! I was afraid this would be the case...
 
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