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new hard drive problem


mitch28

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once upon a time...

 

my external hard drive decided one day not to turn on. I dont think its the hard drive thats the problem i believe its the power supply. It was a maxtor one touch II 100gb external hard drive

 

I decided to take it out of its external case and put it into my PC. I decided to do this as I desperately need the work that is on it!!!

 

My internal hard drive is a sata whereas the external hard drive is a ide. This is not a problem as my motherboard has slots for both

 

I went out today to buy a ide cable, plugged the ide hard drive into it, and connected the power supply to. I have set the jumpers to master on the ide hard drive.

 

When i go to boot the computer with the new hard drive, the computer starts for a milli second then dies. ( By this i mean the fan twitches, the lights blink etc)

 

 

What the hell am i doing wrong?? Please dont let the tech geeks take £100 from me from PC World!!!

 

The End

 

Mitch

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It sounds to me as though the power circuit on the hard drive has developed a short circuit, I hope it hasn't damaged your main pc power supply or motherboard :wacko:

I don't think it's really something that you will be able to fix yourself. :(

 

I'm no expert, that's just what it sounds like to me.

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