[SOLVED] PC not booting when external HDD is connected ?

ebosss03

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May 1, 2018
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Pc wasn't booting today, not even getting to the bios. I unplugged my external HDD and the PC booted okay. How can an external HDD brick your entire system?
It quite amazed me that it wasn't even showing BIOS just a black screen.