Question: Ok First off this is major Human error. I already feel like a dolt so please do not remind me of my own failure.
I had a RAID ProRaid system fail and I was taking out the individual 3.5 inch sata drives in order to see if by connecting them directly to the computer I could rebuild the RAID with software… this is not the issue at hand however.
During this process, and the entire time I had the computer I had an SATA power cable that was plugged into my modular power supply. However when I went to plug in my Drive from the RAID, my computer would not boot. I tried a few times nothing.
Then when I unplugged my Raid drive, it would boot fine to OS on the NVME card- just like normal. OK so something was up with the cable, so I checked it, plugged another sata cable into the modular PSU and this time it turned on but went to bios and I smelled some burning dust , Oh no BAD!
Turned it off, unplugged the cable but now my NVME OS drive is not even booting and it says no NVME device is connected.
I have tried swapping the m.2 slot of the drive, but no luck.
My question- obviously the PSU cable did some bad things but it was only ever plugged into the 3.5 inch HDD, could the cable some how have fried my NVME drive? Could it have fried the controller on the mobo?
I am still booting to BIOS and it seems fine just no more boot device + OS and all the storage gone?
Never expected that. The drive looks fine and has no smell of burning or obvious dmg.
Also no more burning smell, once the wrong cable was out of the PSU. It was not the modular manufactureres PSU, so obviously a different wiring schematic.
Thoughts?
Answer:
I mean I can solder but this is extremely tiny…. How is this type of thing fixed via the manufacturer?
Typically, this type of thing is not fixed via the manufacturer. The cost of repairing an issue like this is far more, for the company, than simply recycling it and sending out a replacement.
Generally speaking, things like this are only worth repairing as a home project. The second you have to pay anyone to do anything, it becomes very expensive relative to the cost of the part.
Unless you’re running an actual server, I’d certainly not bother with a RAID setup in the future as it almost never makes sense for a consumer otherwise and in fact, can be extremely counterproductive. Whether or not you can fix the NVMe drive, I’d re-do the storage, reinstall Windows, and restore your data from your backups.
Are your hard drives being detected by BIOS at all? Your post is unclear about that part unless I’m misreading (it’s late). The modular PSU thing is quite dangerous and it’s fortunate that your PC works at all. You almost certainly had +12V going into the motherboard where it’s not supposed to and the consequences of that can be both dire and unpredictable.