Oh, for god's sake, this is a nightmare
About my power connections. I took my case off, and I looked at my two hard drives. I have a 250GB and a 500GB hard drive. The 500GB one is at the bottom of my case, and I can't find a way to unscrew it and take it out. The 250GB one, on the other hand, I can unscrew.
Anyway, the power connections. I noticed a multi-colored cable with "P6" and "P7" on the end, connected to the PSU and plugged into the backs of the hard drives.
Does that sound like a SATA power connection to you?
There's a P5 plug on that multi-colored cable, as well, and it indeed fits into the back of one of the disc drive. Does that mean I could just plug P5 into the disc drive, and it'll work?
If the answer to both those questions are "yes," then I have a new problem: P5 doesn't reach! P5 is only about two inches from P6, and I can't find any P4 or below. In order to get it to reach, I have to unplug either P6 or P7 from their respective hard drives, and I have crucial files and apps on both of them; I can't give up either!
I tried unsccrewing the 250GB hard drive and moving it up a few slots on the rack, but that presents its own problems: If I move it up only one slot on the rack, it won't fit because its next to my graphics card, and if I move it up more than one slot on the rack, then P7 won't reach down far enough to be plugged into the 500GB hard drive, instead of P5 not reaching far up enough!
So, I decided to put everything back where it used to be and call off the project until I could consult with you guys, but now I've got an even bigger problem! And this time, it cripples my entire system!
While I was trying to re-arrange the wires to try and make all this junk fit, I accidentally unplugged a black cable from the motherboard that had "USB" printed on it. No biggie, right? Just plug it right back in, right? WRONG! Turns out, it won't fit! And I've tried turning it the other way; it just won't fit!
I saw that the black cable was connected only to the USB ports on the front of the tower, while the USB ports on the back were connected directly to the motherboard itself (and, for that matter, appear to be part of the motherboard), so I hoped against hope that only the front USB ports would be broken. Unfortunately, when I fire up the desktop, even the USB ports on the back don't work, which means that even my mouse and keyboard don't work!
HEEEEEEEEEEEEELP!