I'm an idiot! Hard drive issues..

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Chix4mat

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Last night, I wanted to test an LED fan so I could figure out which color it was. Without shutting down the computer, I plugged it into an available molex connector. Well.. I figured out which color the LED was, but the entire computer shut down.

Now, I think I shorted the motherboard. I learned my lesson. I think I also took out two HDD's with it though. Does that seem reasonable?

I've tried everything to get the HDD's to be detected, but nothing will work. I tried a spare Ultra-D, and it won't detect them. I'm currently on an eVGA nForce 4 board, and it won't detect them either. Using the same cable will detect my primary, but not my two spares.

Is there any way to revive these drives long enough to get the data off them? Nothing major really.. but I'd still like to get them back.

Any help would be appreciated!
 
Before you get all worked It might just be a bad power supply that could'nt take the last little draw that the fan needed and it blow some of the caps inside it. Try replaceing the suppy first (i've seen dead molex plugs on a working power supply).
 
I did try a brand new power supply straight out of the box. I also thought that was the problem, and hoped it was.

Currently using a Coolmax 400W.
 
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