HDD's won't spin up.
I just bought a new case, psu, mobo, cpu and ram a little while ago. The case has a 450w psu. When I power-up, my HDD's don't spin up and I don't get the conformation beep from my mobo. Is there anything that anyone can think of off of the top of their heads? My HDD's are still in good working order. I need my computer back, please help me!!!!
Re: HDD's won't spin up.
Well, start with unassembling everything and then reassembling it. That has seemed to work for me in more than one situation before.
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Re: HDD's won't spin up.
dosconnect every device apart from the mobo and hdd's. see if your PSU has enough beans to run it all.
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I dunno about spinning up, but check the jumpers in the back. I just put in a new hd today and couldn't figure out why the hell the computer wasn't reading it as a slave... then I realized I had the jumper in the wrong spot
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I agree with XcOM.
I would first have nothing plugged into the mobo and try to boot up, it should still go through POST. It will fail because no harddrives are connected. then I would connect one harddrive at a time if you have multiple. If it boots up, then you should just plug in one at a time and see what is causing the fault. You should also do what Greco101 said, check your jumper settings. Another thing you might want to look at is the molex connector plugged into the harddrive. Maybe there's a loose connector? Hope this helps some.
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it sounds stupid but double check everything is plugged in all the way and there are good connections.
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Re: HDD's won't spin up.
What all are you running under the hood there CHIMERA? A 450w is usually enough power in most "cases". lol sorry, couldn't resist.
But that is a good idea none the less. Disconnect anything and everything you don't need and see what happens. Just to make sure as well, go ahead and disconnect everything you can first. Then when you reassemble it, only reassemble what you need to get your pc running.
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if you have a spare psu, plus er in and make 100% sure that its not just a bad power supply
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thanks guys. i shall have to try all of these solutions after i get out of work. +rep to all of you.
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I would also check the front panel pin out wires to make sure you have them in the right place and not plugged in backward because you hear no post beep that could be the case speaker plugged up wrong also make sure your Ram is properly seated. After trying what all the other guys said take out one stick of ram at a time and try to boot you could have a bad stick.
If you are using IDE hdd make sure you have the cable oriented to pin 1.
Charles
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