Installed a New Hard Drive without an OS

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Mrblackmagic199

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So this was my first time trying to upgrade my computer. So please bare with me I am not very experienced...

I have a HDD which is corrupt, usable but corrupt so I purchased a new HDD. Without really knowing what I was doing I removed the old HDD and put in my new one assuming that I could boot windows 10 off a USB which i had used in the past. After doing that I turned on my PC only to find that my screen was black and there was no signal for the monitor to pick up. I tried putting in my old HDD but same thing happened. So is my PC Screwed Someone please help.

Specs:
Nvidia GPU 660
New HDD Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM001 2TB 64MB 6Gb/s SATA3
Old HDD 1TB WD Caviar Blue 3.5
8GB RAM Ripjaws
Coolmaster V550
Gigabyte GA-B85M-D3H-A Intel Motherboard
Sorry I don't know what CPU I have

So If someone could help I would be extremely thankful
 
You probably loosened a cable when you were installing the new hard drive. Make sure the 6 pin pci express power connector is attached to the video card.
 
Do you get a post beep and just not any signal to monitor? Does monitor say no signal? Maybe your video cable is loose to monitor or video card.
 
Please define 'corrupt'. Is it just failing?

As above I'd make sure all of the power supply connections are snug such as the 24 pin ATX, 4/8 pin EPS and GPU are secure and fastened.
 
johnb35 said:
Do you get a post beep and just not any signal to monitor? Does monitor say no signal? Maybe your video cable is loose to monitor or video card.
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Yup I have been getting the beeps, what is that? Yeah there is just no signal going through to the monitor, I have tried making sure everything is plugged in but I'm still having no luck. Every now and then after leaving it for a while I get a BIOS screen show up which is blank then it just turns off again. Any ideas?
 
beers said:
Please define 'corrupt'. Is it just failing?

As above I'd make sure all of the power supply connections are snug such as the 24 pin ATX, 4/8 pin EPS and GPU are secure and fastened.
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Yeah as in failing, several BSOD indicating hardware failures. I have check all the connections but I still don't have all that much luck. Occasionally I get the BIOS which is blank and then quickly turns off.
 
What I would do is disconnect the hard drive and try booting up to bios. If it works correctly then you have a bad hard drive attached.
 
johnb35 said:
What I would do is disconnect the hard drive and try booting up to bios. If it works correctly then you have a bad hard drive attached.
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Ok I tried that and nothing still a black screen with a constant post beep (as in beep, pause and that continues for supposedly forever).
 
So beep, pause, beep pause? Sounds like a memory issue. Remove all memory and reinsert them and see what happens.
 
Is it high and low beeps or are they the same tone?

Sounds like you have knocked something loose or not connected right. Unhook the harddrive and reconnect the SATA and power cables. Make sure the 8 and 24 pin power connectors are in good, disconnect and reconnect. Then do the same with the CPU heatsink fan.

Then make sure your memory is seated good. If you know what your doing, pop it out and put back in.
 
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StrangleHold said:
Is it high and low beeps or are they the same tone?

Sounds like you have knocked something loose or not connected right. Unhook the harddrive and reconnect the SATA and power cables. Make sure the 8 and 24 pin power connectors are in good, disconnect and reconnect. Then do the same with the CPU heatsink fan.

Then make sure your memory is seated good. If you know what your doing, pop it out and put back in.
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All the same tone.

Ok so I tried all of that but still no luck :/
 
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