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Computer wont post after adding storage drive.

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krueL

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Hey guys,

It's been a While since I've been on these forums, I'm glad to see its still around. Anyway, I'm having a bit of an issue. Yesterday I installed a new storage harddrive to my system. After getting getting everything hooked up, I powered on the computer anxious to start freeing up some space on my system drive and.... it wouldnt post, video never kicked in. Worried that it might be a bad drive, I powered it down, unhooked the new drive and powered it back on. Again, no post. I tried clearing the cmos by both the jumper and removing the battery in the mobo, that hasn't worked yet so, in desperation I disassembled my rig cleaned it, and put everything back together. Still, no post. Im out of ideas and im hoping the pros on this forum can give me a quick fix an and call me stupid. Please forgive the poor grammar, typing on an android smartphone is a bit challenging.

My system:
AMD x2 6400+
Asrock A780gxe/128m
8gb mushkin blackline
WD Black series 500gb Sata
(Newly purchased) seagate barracuda 500gb sata
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That happened to me when adding new fans.

Reset the cmos and the power on.

When resetting, make sure the pc is off and disconnected from the mains, then hook everything backup and see if it works.

But what happened to you happened to me when just adding two new corsair fans, it took a couple resets actually a few to get it to work, but everything is now working smooth and has been for ages.

Reset, reset,reset but make sure everything is powered off and disconnected from the mains, infact I would go as far as disconnecting everything from the back of your pc like monitor any usb devices etc.

Worst case scenario, rebuild pc with one stick of ram and one hdd connected and nothing else and see if that works, if so then go from there.
 
So, sometimes it takes multiple resets of the cmos? Just to be clear, once you have the jumper in the reset position, should you power on the computer, or just give it a few mins and switch the jumper back to normal before powering it on?
 
What PSU do you have?
Have you tried a different PSU?
 
Never have the power on when resetting the cmos, dont even have it coonected to the mains but turned off.

Disconnect the pc from the wall socket, same with the monitor, then push the cmos reset button if you have one and hold it for atleast 30 seconds, I have found that to be best, any less and it can cause problems.

As for the battery, you can remove it, once you have removed it, push the power button on front ofyour case, just to dissipate any power thats left on the board, when doing so the pc should be disconnected from the mains socket and everything turned off. Take the plug out of the wall socket before doing this.

When moving the jumper, leave it in the reset position for a few minutes, say 5-10 and then move the jumper back and then reconnect the power.

Bottom line, you should NEVER be connected to power when doing a cmos reset.

Some mobos ive had, when they messed up some would reset ok and others needed a few resets to start booting again, the one I am using now needed multiple resets in a row when I added two fans to it and it then wouldnt post, i disconnected the fans and it still wouldnt post, shit, i reset the bios, bingo it worked, so I added the two fans again and same happened, so i did a reset and nada, reset again and still nada, on third and longest reset it came back to life.

Some mobos can be finicky bastards.
 
PSU = Corsair HX620W Modular.

I haven't tried a different one, don't have access to another at the moment. I don't think thats the problem though. Everything internally seems to be getting power
 
Thanks evil-scotsman, that's the way ive been going about it, just wanted some reassurance. I've been out of the geekn' game for some time.
 
Most modern motherboards usually have a second backup bios onboard, so if its a problem with your primary bios the second one will kick in automatically.

Your psu is more than enough for your pc, the one listed in your OP

Personally, judging by what you have said, I just think your pc went into spaz mode and it will probably come back to life after a few resets or taking the mobo battery out and moving the jumper over to reset and leaving it like that overnight.
 
I think thats what I will do.. I'm done with it for the day anyway. I'll report back tomorrow.
 
One more quick question, I have 6 sata ports on my mobo, they are numbered 1-6 (1-5 are colored red, 6 is yellow) does it matter what is plugged where?
 
It shouldnt, but best start from the first one.

Also, the one thats a different colour, it may first need to be enabled in your bios.

If you use that one then if you ever get back into your bios, see if their is an option to enable it, as it may run off a different chip than the others.

Most motherboards have a couple of different chips/controllers for different sata ports.

Basically intel or marvell etc.
 
EVIL-SCOTSMAN said:
Never have the power on when resetting the cmos, dont even have it coonected to the mains but turned off.

Disconnect the pc from the wall socket, same with the monitor, then push the cmos reset button if you have one and hold it for atleast 30 seconds, I have found that to be best, any less and it can cause problems.

As for the battery, you can remove it, once you have removed it, push the power button on front ofyour case, just to dissipate any power thats left on the board, when doing so the pc should be disconnected from the mains socket and everything turned off. Take the plug out of the wall socket before doing this.

When moving the jumper, leave it in the reset position for a few minutes, say 5-10 and then move the jumper back and then reconnect the power.

Bottom line, you should NEVER be connected to power when doing a cmos reset.
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Actually, it would be better to leave the power cable connected and turn off the PSU with the back switch. That way there is no power but it is still grounded.
 
Still no luck, beyond the land of frustrated entering the kingdom of concern :(
 
I tried getting bios to post without any harddrives connected, still nothing. Unfortunately I dont have another computer to test these parts in. Ive tried the windows disc idea with no results. Monitors never kick in.
 
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