HDD broke and I got a new HDD which broke when I installed it then turned my PC on.

[Tazwin]

Basically my PSU broke a while ago, and I went on holiday straight after and came back and got a new PSU and installed it. I had to wait a bit to get a cable for my graphics card (it came with a 6 and an 8 pin PCIe cable, I need two 8 pins), eventually I got the cable, set it all up and turned my PC on. I have my OS on an SSD and Steam and my games and recordings on my HDD, so when I went to load up Steam it was a white page (instead of the Steam icon) and then I then I realized it was broken.

I tried using different sockets on the one SATA power cable that I had powering my SSD and once my HDD, tried unplugging and re-plugging in cables. I eventually ordered a new one after a few days. As soon as I got the new one earlier today I set it up and turned on my PC, not thinking anything was wrong. I slowly pressed down the power button, I was excited to hear the beep of the HDD turning on. But as soon as the computer's lights come on I hear no beep but a little fizz/buzz/spark sound that is quite quiet and very quick. Tried what I could, I decided to switch the SATA data cables' ends around and put them in different slots, checked to see if there were any burn marks on the other side of the PCB (I found the right screw head or whatever and unscrewed it) and there was none.

I would just really like some help.

Either my HDDs are fine or something is doing something to the PCB and making it not turn on, I am not sure. Just I have a replacement of the new HDD I broke coming tomorrow and I don't want to plug that one in and break that if something really is breaking them. I will be sending the broken one back, but I have 30 days to send it back, so I can still fix it and know what to do for the future.

Thanks in advance guys!

 

[mjslakeridge]

What specific brand and model is your new PSU?

 

[Tazwin]

What specific brand and model is your new PSU?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0100QRVP0/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

EVGA G2

 

[mjslakeridge]

Well, that is about as good a PSU that there is. Does the old HDD get recognized in a different PC as a secondary drive (not boot drive)? What about the new HDD? You should never hear a fizz/buzz/spark sound from inside any computer. When your first PSU failed, perhaps it could have damaged your motherboard, but I suspect your first PSU was also a high quality one.

Very unlikely that a new HDD would be dead on arrival.

 

[Tazwin]

My old PSU was a Corsair one that had a problem with the +5V and +12V being too low for a while. Then after it crashing my PC for a while it finally packed in. I don't have another PC to test the old HDD in, but that would be a good idea.

 

[mjslakeridge]

You could get an inexpensive USB external docking station to mount the HDD for testing (and use it later to create backups to an external HDD). I don't think I would try installing yet another HDD in that system, given what has happened so far. You seem to know what you are doing, but are you absolutely sure you are using the correct sockets on the PSU to connect the HDD power cable? Trying a different SATA port to connect the HDD?

 

[Tazwin]

You could get an inexpensive USB external docking station to mount the HDD for testing (and use it later to create backups to an external HDD). I don't think I would try installing yet another HDD in that system, given what has happened so far. You seem to know what you are doing, but are you absolutely sure you are using the correct sockets on the PSU to connect the HDD power cable? Trying a different SATA port to connect the HDD?

I have moved the SATA power cable to different ports on the PSU and fiddled around a bit and still no luck.