Recent content by jarkey11

My old psu is a Thermaltake Smart series m750w and my new psu is a Corsair RM750i. I dunno what went wrong. I figured it was a power related problem, but I can't be sure anymore.

Alright, so I'm upgrading from my old computer, which fried my old hard drive. I figured it was a good time to upgrade, considering all my old parts are five years old or older. I was able to salvage my GPU which I bought earlier this year. My issue is that I think the overvoltage that caused...

mobo*

I also tried connecting my SATA cables to the three different SATA ports on my mobile...nothing worked.

Not sarcasm btw lol

How could I check for bad capacitors? The most I've had to deal with was a burnt capacitor. I've heard of ways like checking its size but I'm not so sure about that. Also, my computer cannot boot windows; I think my hard drive is dead. I've ruled out a bad connection with the SATA cables by...

Alright, so I can't exactly do that anymore because my computer is refusing to run now. I've since bought a new PSU hoping you were right about the power. I plugged it all in, and now it can start up, but the disk drive is no longer able to be detected, which essentially renders my computer useless.

So, let me start off by saying that I took an old computer apart, salvaged its motherboard and CPU (don't know mobo model, and i think I'm using an i7 3770k), along with its RAM and disk drive. I've since put those parts in a new case with a new GPU (gtx 970) and a new PSU (750 watts). My...