question about a hard drive/psu

[Mizzat420]

okay so i know my hard drive was bad.... went out got another one up to 4 and thought they were bad then i ended up getting my money back then even my old hdd wouldnt pick up switched data cables still nothing then i got this bright idea to switch cables that come out of the psu...not sure what they are called then it booted straight up could that of been my issue with hard drives all along?

 

[smorizio]

I seen power supply lose voltages on some of there cables. if you have a local computer store have them check the voltages with a volt meter...if your lucky the ps failed with low voltages. if the 12 or 5v went to high it can fry parts.

 

[Dogsnake]

Is the PSU modular or fixed wired? It is not uncommon for modular connectors to have faulty contact or fail all together. If it is fixed wired and a lead went bad, I would suspect the wiring going into the connector at the end is bad.

 

[Mizzat420]

yes thats what im thinking cause i have rebooted the thing about 6 times so far no issues i believe it was a bad connector i mean the psu is about 3 years old and its a crap brand so what can u say

 

[Mizzat420]

Is the PSU modular or fixed wired? It is not uncommon for modular connectors to have faulty contact or fail all together. If it is fixed wired and a lead went bad, I would suspect the wiring going into the connector at the end is bad.

not sure i have no idea what modular is mine just has a bunch of cables comming out that has like a black lace on it not sure how to explain it really this is the pc i have http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883229364

 

[smorizio]

modular power supplys the cabled can be pulled off and replaced. non units will have all the wires going inside the unit.

 

[Mizzat420]

modular power supplys the cabled can be pulled off and replaced. non units will have all the wires going inside the unit.

yes the one i have has all the cables going into the unit

 

[fzabkar]

modular psu cables do not have standard pinouts it could be that you are killing ur hdds with wrong voltages after swapping cables between different psus get a voltmeter and neasure the voltages b4 u kill more hdds

 

[Dogsnake]

OK yours is not "modular". And I agree a bad connector is the issue. You can use any other connection with the same type of plug/connector on the end. Since you already fixed the issue..way to go!

 

[Mizzat420]

thanks guys for your opinion need to pick up a new psu now sad thing is geek squad said it was a bad motherboard and charged me 40 bucks lol