I have a desktop with two HDD drives (1 TB WD Black, Win 10; 250GB WD Blue, Linux Mint) that stopped booting. One day I turned on the system and the 1TB HDD automatically booted (even though the 250GB HDD was my main). So I unplugged the 1TB and the 250GB wouldn't boot; I just got a black screen with a white cursor. No beeps or lights from the motherboard. Took out all peripherals, etc, no dice. "Alright," I figured, "the 250GB is dead." So I only attach the 1TB, and I get the same black screen on boot. At this point I'm thinking it may not be an HDD issue, right?
Welp. I bring the 250GB HDD to a different desktop build I have (that I know works), unplug the HDD in there and attach the 250GB. Same black screen and cursor. Alright, HDD issue then? I unplug the 250GB, plug in the HDD that was already working in that desktop, and now it's giving the same problem. This must be some next level hacking. Three dead drives across two desktop builds.
If you can solve this, you're a wizard. I'm completely out of ideas. :/
UPDATE: I was sort of able to solve this issue by first resetting the CMOS in each motherboard. I then detached all HDDs and booted a USB stick (running Linux Mint). Once running Linux, I attached the SATA cable onto the HDD and Linux recognized it. Restarted and two of the HDDs are working again! Don't ask me how, although the third HDD (250GB WD Blue) seems to be defective. Thanks for the help guys!
Welp. I bring the 250GB HDD to a different desktop build I have (that I know works), unplug the HDD in there and attach the 250GB. Same black screen and cursor. Alright, HDD issue then? I unplug the 250GB, plug in the HDD that was already working in that desktop, and now it's giving the same problem. This must be some next level hacking. Three dead drives across two desktop builds.
If you can solve this, you're a wizard. I'm completely out of ideas. :/
UPDATE: I was sort of able to solve this issue by first resetting the CMOS in each motherboard. I then detached all HDDs and booted a USB stick (running Linux Mint). Once running Linux, I attached the SATA cable onto the HDD and Linux recognized it. Restarted and two of the HDDs are working again! Don't ask me how, although the third HDD (250GB WD Blue) seems to be defective. Thanks for the help guys!
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