Hard drive does not spin

[Guest]

Hi everyone,

I put together a pc from parts I bought at fry’s. After assembling the parts when
I start up my pc, the fan on the processor, and the fan on the power supply and the
case fan starts spinning for about 7 seconds and then stops.
The hard drive does not spin at all. I believe the mother board is getting power because
When I start my pc a green light shows up on my motherboard.
I tried starting my pc with only the dvd burner, only hard drive, only memory connected however I get the same results
I checked the data cable and power cable and jumpers on the hard drive.
How can I get my new hard drive to spin so I can install the operating system?
Should I try any thing else?

Please help,

Gladiator

 

[SirCrono]

First, recheck all conections, maybe you forgot or misconnected (not a word, I know) something

Second, try a spare PSU or test your PSU in a known working system.

Third, try booting with just the CPU, VGA and ram installed.

Tell us how this goes.

And BTW, post your specs, we're not psychist here.

 

[bob8701]

The problem you have is not a hard drive problem, it more look loke booting problem, I will check for the short first, without hard drive be connected, you still can boot into bios.

 

[mike99]

If SirCrono's advice does not help, please post full list of parts, including the PSU, make and model.

Mike.