Can a scsi drive be damaged by bad power?

[sram]

Hello there! Just wondering if it is at all possible to mess up a new Maxtor Atlas II drive because of PSU problems? The PSU I have is good(Silverstone Zeus) but it was used.

The drive doesn't spin at all!

And if a xxx drive doesn't spin, does that mean it is end of the story?

[tdg]

A bad PSU could indeed damage any drive. But if this drive is SCSI make sure it's either jumpered to auto-spin on power, or the SCSI controller is sending the start command.

[sram]

You made my day! So there is a chance the drive is still ok. I actually suspect my old adaptec 29160 controller because it has a loose cap, although it is detected successfully in device manager.

I only connected power to it, and it didn't spin.