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PSU failure after adding HDs

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oldlore

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Yesterday I tried to add 2 new HDs to my current setup below. They were both WD640AAKS SATA drives. I connected all 3 drives using a single connector (the raptor with one of the 4pin connectors and the 2 new drives with the sata power connectors). As soon as I booted the computer I got the dreaded "DISK BOOT FAILURE" error and noticed that all the drives were dead. I tried reverting back to a single drive setup and the drive didnt work. I tried each drive in another computer and they didn't work (not recognzed by BIOS, drive makes no sound). I tried an old spare HD with my PSU and it still functioned.

So my question is: Was my PSU insufficient to run all the drives and the rest of my hardware (only thing not mentioned in sig is 4 120mm fans)? Or was it a mistake to run all 3 drives off of one power connector?
 
HDs do not really use a lot of power, and you are not even close to maxing out your power supply. The Raptor is using right around 10 watts of power under normal use, and not much more than that during spin up.

Were you using a 4 pin cable with 3 connectors on it, then using 4 pin -> SATA power adapters for two drives?
 
It was a cable that plugged into the same type of port on the PSU that the 8800GT cord plugs into. It had 2 SATA connectors and 2 4plug molex connectors on it.
 
I got different cables with my 520W, no idea how that could have failed then :(
 
I feel like an idiot but apparently my wife decided to mix together all the cables from my Enermax Liberty and Corsair PSUs into one box and when I went looking for a cable with a SATA connector I must've picked the Enermax one out...which connected to the Corsair connector designed for PCI-E vid cards and blew up my HDs. :(
 
oldlore said:
I feel like an idiot but apparently my wife decided to mix together all the cables from my Enermax Liberty and Corsair PSUs into one box and when I went looking for a cable with a SATA connector I must've picked the Enermax one out...which connected to the Corsair connector designed for PCI-E vid cards and blew up my HDs. :(
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well that sucks, and also explains why I did not get that cable with my corsair... not sure if drive warranties cover that, you may want to check now that you have close to $400 in dead drives.
 
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