Recent content by Coanski

I'm not 100% sure that's my problem. Plus I'm not sure what's causing the short. So if I remove the shorted TVs diode then plug it back in, I may damage it further. Thanks much for replying. I will try a few more avenues over the next few days and post my findings

Unfortunately it does. It just seems odd because the "New psu" I got was pulled out of a friends working machine when he got another one. Anyway at this point I may just bring it into the repair shop to get a diagnosis. I'm at the edge of my technical skill with this issue and I really don't...

Thanks! Interesting faq. And is a definate possibility for my situation

No not using any of the old cables with the new psu. the old psu cables are not swapable

first attempt - regular sata (new psu) power off second attempt - regular sata (old psu) power off 3rd- regular sata (new psu, different harddrive) power off then i tried molex with different setups all powered off i did try plugging it in hot at this point(hope i didnt do too much damage...

I have tried both types of cables. Molex and SATA. The power supply has both available. The PSU is a OCZ MOD x stream-pro 700w

I added a new video card/ram/power supply to my existing setup. Everything was going well until I plugged in the power to my HDD. At this time the whole system shut down. If I unplug the power to the HDD the PC starts no problem. Any ideas? Edit : I have tried putting all the old hardware back...