Tim Ranbarger
New Member
So to start off this is a fresh PC build, my 5th one to date so I know somewhat what I'm doing but this has left me clueless. I wanted to run my new OS off my SSD and put everything else on my hdd.
So I installed a fresh OS (Windows 10) on my new SSD. After windows installed and booted up I downloaded some random stuff to make sure the pc ran good which it did. After running it for a few hours testing I shut it down because I wanted to add my new HDD.... After I powered it down (I did remove power from the PC) I plugged in my new HDD (both sata and power cables) I put the HDD in series with my SSD using the same sata power cable since there's multiple connection sites on a single cable I figured this is common practice. Now, after I powered on the pc it no longer recognizes either SSD or HDD. I turned off the pc and disconnected the HDD to see if my SSD still worked and it doesn't, the bios doesn't even recognize that anymore. I ran through all the connections making sure everything was seated. I did the same with the HDD hooking it up by itself to see if something would register but bios wouldn't recognize that either (These are both brand new units and hardware). I installed my old pc's HDD on this new build and it worked just fine so that tells me it's got to be something internally wrong with the new SSD and HDD. I didn't hear any noise or smell of burnt electronics while this happened. Did I do something wrong or is it possible that I could have gotten a faulty HDD resulting in the damage of my both units?
PC specs
I5 9600k
2x8gb Rippjaw DDR4 3200
Asrock z390 extreme4
samsung evo 860 500gb SSD
Seagate barracuda 2tb HDD
GTX 1070 Gigabyte G1
Corsair 650w 80+bronze PSU
So I installed a fresh OS (Windows 10) on my new SSD. After windows installed and booted up I downloaded some random stuff to make sure the pc ran good which it did. After running it for a few hours testing I shut it down because I wanted to add my new HDD.... After I powered it down (I did remove power from the PC) I plugged in my new HDD (both sata and power cables) I put the HDD in series with my SSD using the same sata power cable since there's multiple connection sites on a single cable I figured this is common practice. Now, after I powered on the pc it no longer recognizes either SSD or HDD. I turned off the pc and disconnected the HDD to see if my SSD still worked and it doesn't, the bios doesn't even recognize that anymore. I ran through all the connections making sure everything was seated. I did the same with the HDD hooking it up by itself to see if something would register but bios wouldn't recognize that either (These are both brand new units and hardware). I installed my old pc's HDD on this new build and it worked just fine so that tells me it's got to be something internally wrong with the new SSD and HDD. I didn't hear any noise or smell of burnt electronics while this happened. Did I do something wrong or is it possible that I could have gotten a faulty HDD resulting in the damage of my both units?
PC specs
I5 9600k
2x8gb Rippjaw DDR4 3200
Asrock z390 extreme4
samsung evo 860 500gb SSD
Seagate barracuda 2tb HDD
GTX 1070 Gigabyte G1
Corsair 650w 80+bronze PSU