Question: Hi there,
I have a few HDD’s from my old PC (a 1tb boot disk and a 2tb storage disk). Something in my old PC finally failed (it was a long time coming, would occasionally start booting then black screen, would then have to restart it and it would usually start back up, until it didn’t. I give you this extra info so you know it wasn’t the HDD’s that caused it to fail and the HDD’s were consistent and I have never had any issues with them).
I have another PC and have plugged those HDDs into it, SATA connections and PS connections are fine. SATA ports are enabled in BIOS but show as unoccupied. I don’t have anything using the SATA channels, the only other SATA connections in the PC currently are the SSD bootdisk and an optical drive.
The disks do not show up in Disk Management or Device Manager I have updated my BIOS and my SATA controller drivers, tried a whole bunch of disk management utilities from Seagate, Samsung and WD. I’m at a loss, I just cannot get them to work.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated!
Drives:
Samsung 1TB Spinpoint F3, SATAII, 7200rpm, 32MB Cache
Western Digital 2TB, Caviar Green, up to 7200RPM, SATA-II, 64MB Cache, IntelliPower, NCQ
MOBO:
Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD5 TH MB
Answer:I suspect that this may be your problem.
Warning: do not interchange modular PSU cables:
http://www.hddoracle.com/viewtopic.php?f=56&t=2545
The usual result is shorted TVS diodes. In most cases there is an easy, no cost, DIY fix.
TVS Diode FAQ :
http://www.hddoracle.com/viewtopic.php?f=100&t=86
If you need help, please post detailed photos of each of your PCBs.