[Cialug] New Computer Hardware Issue

[jrnosee at gmail.com]

This has to be the oddest thing I've ever heard.  When you said the drives
weren't spinning up/ejecting but the power supply was on I immediately
guessed the power supply was faulty, but you said you tried another PS.
First I'd re-seat CPU & RAM.  If you have a graphics card AND on-board
video, remove the graphics card, if not, re-seat the card you are using.
Remove ALL PCI/PCI-E expansion cards and drives (cd/dvd/hdd, etc).  Make
sure you plugged in the CPU power cable.  When you power it on like this do
you see ANYTHING on the monitor?  Do you get any POST beeps (does it beep at
all when it comes on)?  If you get ANYTHING please post it and the
motherboard brand and model.

On Dec 3, 2007 12:46 PM, Daniel A. Ramaley <daniel.ramaley at drake.edu> wrote:

> On Monday 03 December 2007 12:23, Todd Walton wrote:
> >Funky Thing
> >When I disconnect the IDE cable to the optical drive, but leave power
> >plugged in, it'll turn on.  I can eject it and it winks its LED at me.
> > So they must build drives to take input from the motherboard on
> >whether it's okay to power up or not.
>
> You said you have a IDE optical drive. What type of hard drive are you
> using, IDE, SATA, SCSI, something else?
>
> What happens if you disconnect the data cable to the hard drive but
> leave power connected to it and turn the machine on? Does the drive
> spin up? Hint: some drives are so quiet you can't tell they are on from
> listening, but if you hold the drive in 3-space and gently rock it back
> and forth you'll feel a torque countering your movement if it is
> spinning.
>
> Are you sure the IDE cable is good? Are the master/slave jumpers set
> correctly? If the hard drive is also IDE, are both drives plugged into
> the same cable? Are the hard drives master/slave jumpers correct? Is
> the master device on the end of the cable and the slave in the middle?
> (*Shouldn't* matter, but sometimes does.)
>
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