First, thank you for all the posts and answers on other threads. I've been using them extensively. Unfortunately, I can't seem to figure out my issue. Here it goes.
Computer (1.5 years old) suddenly wouldn't turn on (it would turn on for a few seconds, turn off, keep cycling through). The fan on the PSU - a Lepa G750 - wasn't spinning at all in those few seconds (other fans were). After reviewing a bunch of threads, decided to try new PSU. Got a Cosair CX-750M. Same problem occurred (although the Cosair's fan spun up). Again, after going through lots of threads, decided motherboard (a Gigabyte GA-B85-HD3) may be problem.
Got an Asus B85M-E. Hooked up things, and everything seemed good. Everything powered up just fine except the Hard drive (a Toshiba 2TB HDD). When I tried to install Windows 7, it said "no drives found. Click on Load Driver to provide mass storage driver for installation". I downloaded the latest drivers from the ASUS website, and installed. But it just kept coming back to same screen.
I checked the BIOS, and the drive is not recognized there either.
I tested all my cable and connectors (machine recognizes CD/DVR so I can test cables on that device). I moved the the HDD cable to all the different SATA ports, again no luck.
Going through all the threads, I tried various ideas. Reset the reset the cmos by popping the battery and letting it sit for an hour. I tried switching from the default ahci to ide options on the drives. I downloaded the latest BIOS from ASUS on a flash drive and installing (which worked). But again, the HD isn't being recognized. I've tried booting with just one stick of RAM (I have two, both of which get recognized in the BIOS).
I finally broke down and went and got a new HDD - another Toshiba. Again, same results. Nothing gets recognized by the BIO. Attempts to install windows from the disk all get stuck asking for drivers (multiple attempts to install have failed).
Note: the HD doesn't appear to get much (if any) power. It doesn't spin or make any noises. I felt it get a little warm, but that's it.
Current components:
PSU: Corsair CX750M (new)
Motherboard: ASUS B85M-E (new)
HDD: toshiba-dt01aca200 (new)
CPU: Intel I5 4440 @3100mhz (1.5 years old)
It doesn't seem like the CPU could be the problem, but it's the only 'old' part.
I would appreciate any suggestions, as I'm really stumped at this point. Thanks.
Computer (1.5 years old) suddenly wouldn't turn on (it would turn on for a few seconds, turn off, keep cycling through). The fan on the PSU - a Lepa G750 - wasn't spinning at all in those few seconds (other fans were). After reviewing a bunch of threads, decided to try new PSU. Got a Cosair CX-750M. Same problem occurred (although the Cosair's fan spun up). Again, after going through lots of threads, decided motherboard (a Gigabyte GA-B85-HD3) may be problem.
Got an Asus B85M-E. Hooked up things, and everything seemed good. Everything powered up just fine except the Hard drive (a Toshiba 2TB HDD). When I tried to install Windows 7, it said "no drives found. Click on Load Driver to provide mass storage driver for installation". I downloaded the latest drivers from the ASUS website, and installed. But it just kept coming back to same screen.
I checked the BIOS, and the drive is not recognized there either.
I tested all my cable and connectors (machine recognizes CD/DVR so I can test cables on that device). I moved the the HDD cable to all the different SATA ports, again no luck.
Going through all the threads, I tried various ideas. Reset the reset the cmos by popping the battery and letting it sit for an hour. I tried switching from the default ahci to ide options on the drives. I downloaded the latest BIOS from ASUS on a flash drive and installing (which worked). But again, the HD isn't being recognized. I've tried booting with just one stick of RAM (I have two, both of which get recognized in the BIOS).
I finally broke down and went and got a new HDD - another Toshiba. Again, same results. Nothing gets recognized by the BIO. Attempts to install windows from the disk all get stuck asking for drivers (multiple attempts to install have failed).
Note: the HD doesn't appear to get much (if any) power. It doesn't spin or make any noises. I felt it get a little warm, but that's it.
Current components:
PSU: Corsair CX750M (new)
Motherboard: ASUS B85M-E (new)
HDD: toshiba-dt01aca200 (new)
CPU: Intel I5 4440 @3100mhz (1.5 years old)
It doesn't seem like the CPU could be the problem, but it's the only 'old' part.
I would appreciate any suggestions, as I'm really stumped at this point. Thanks.