I need a new HDD and I've gone through 2 right now, both have refused to work no matter what I've tried. I don't know what the problem is, and am convinced I am forever cursed for HDDs to never work for me after I set one on fire (yes this actually happened).
Basically, I already have a SSD, and I tried to put a new 2 TB HDD in my computer, hooked up power, and everything, and it was not recognized by the system. No matter what I tried, different SATA cable, being the only thing connected through SATA to the motherboard, being the only drive that is powered, and it never gets recognized. My dad put it in his machine and it still didn't get recognized so we were very well convinced that it was DoA.
I recently upgraded my motherboard, and with a replacement 2 TB HDD, and STILL NOTHING. The exact same stuff happened. The system flat out refuses to even recognize it. And I tried the same troubleshooting with using the same SATA cable that powers my SSD and the power as well, and made the HDD the only thing plugged into the machine. Nothing. I know it's not the cables because the same cables power my SSD just fine.
And no, not even the BIOS will recognize it.
I should clarify that the only constants that remained in my hardware upgrade recently were my SSD and my PSU. My motherboard is upgraded along with other hardware (that are not relevant to the HDD)
It doesn't show up in the disk manager, there are no problems detected, the BIOS flat out refuses to even acknowledge its existence, I tried refreshing the device manager, and everything has failed. Could it just be that I got 2 DoA HDDs?
I have literally banged my head into my desk because I am so frustrated with this. I've done everything and nothing has worked, and I'm dangerously low on space on my computer right now. I can't afford a 2 TB SSD, so if I want more space the HDD is the way to go for me.
And yes, I have had a HDD and SDD exist in tandem before. It was post Windows 10 as well.
I checked my motherboard manual and it didn't have any order specified for SATA cables to be inserted. The only thing I haven't tried yet is having a different power cable on the drive than on the SSD, but like I mentioned earlier, I tried powering on with the only drive being powered being the HDD and still nothing. I should've mentioned that I also can't hear it spin, so I'm convinced that it's just DoA and I need to keep trying, but do any of you have any ideas? I've tried every forum and all of them say the same things that I've tried already and have failed.
Thanks for any insight. Greatly appreciated.
Basically, I already have a SSD, and I tried to put a new 2 TB HDD in my computer, hooked up power, and everything, and it was not recognized by the system. No matter what I tried, different SATA cable, being the only thing connected through SATA to the motherboard, being the only drive that is powered, and it never gets recognized. My dad put it in his machine and it still didn't get recognized so we were very well convinced that it was DoA.
I recently upgraded my motherboard, and with a replacement 2 TB HDD, and STILL NOTHING. The exact same stuff happened. The system flat out refuses to even recognize it. And I tried the same troubleshooting with using the same SATA cable that powers my SSD and the power as well, and made the HDD the only thing plugged into the machine. Nothing. I know it's not the cables because the same cables power my SSD just fine.
And no, not even the BIOS will recognize it.
I should clarify that the only constants that remained in my hardware upgrade recently were my SSD and my PSU. My motherboard is upgraded along with other hardware (that are not relevant to the HDD)
It doesn't show up in the disk manager, there are no problems detected, the BIOS flat out refuses to even acknowledge its existence, I tried refreshing the device manager, and everything has failed. Could it just be that I got 2 DoA HDDs?
I have literally banged my head into my desk because I am so frustrated with this. I've done everything and nothing has worked, and I'm dangerously low on space on my computer right now. I can't afford a 2 TB SSD, so if I want more space the HDD is the way to go for me.
And yes, I have had a HDD and SDD exist in tandem before. It was post Windows 10 as well.
I checked my motherboard manual and it didn't have any order specified for SATA cables to be inserted. The only thing I haven't tried yet is having a different power cable on the drive than on the SSD, but like I mentioned earlier, I tried powering on with the only drive being powered being the HDD and still nothing. I should've mentioned that I also can't hear it spin, so I'm convinced that it's just DoA and I need to keep trying, but do any of you have any ideas? I've tried every forum and all of them say the same things that I've tried already and have failed.
Thanks for any insight. Greatly appreciated.
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