Recent content by Pnevroq

The problem is solved. While connecting the HDD I found out the sata connector from PSU (which I usually tried to connect first) is loose and I guess it caused a few frequent connections-disconnections being powered on. Quite stupid... Thanks for help!

Thanks, going to put the new drive then!

So here I am again, got new HDD WD15EARX. Today I went to our IT team first and tried this HDD on their PCs, it worked fine. Also yesterday I checked my PSU with voltmeter and it showed all correct - 3.3V, 5V, 12V. Also I've been told there is a chance my motherboard could fry a HDD...

Forgot to mention there is no discrete video card in my system.

I have, though I tried them on my system first. Both failed.

Do you mean HDDs may be fried instantly because of voltage dip?

Thanks for these suggestions! I can get one multitester tomorrow, but how and where to get correct measurements, I mean the exact procedure?

Got it, I really hope it's bad luck.

Thanks, that is something I am certainly going to do. But it will take about a week or so to get my HDD replaced. What about SSD, why PSU doesn't affect it then?

Hi all! I have to say I've tried to search for the solution all over the Internet but no luck. So here I am asking here :) The thing is I've built a new system: mb: ASRock Extreme4 z77 CPU: i5 2500k RAM: Samsung 2 x 4GB, 1600MHz 1.5v psu: Chieftec CFT-650-14cs ssd: OCZ Vertex4 128GB...