Problems with Western Digital HDD

jfar said:

Take out the one on the right, and say a few prayers.

I've already tried that Jim. Didnt work And i dont know why my power supply only got one SATA PSU connector

Well i guess whats left to do is to go down to the local tech store and buy a new HDD from there...

Is this the one Sergio.

jfar said:

Is this the one Sergio.

Yeah Jim, thats the one

I'd also make sure that the pins on the HDD where you forced the floppy power lead in are not all bent in such a fashion that they are touching each other, and try put the jumper back in the position where it was to start with.
(you would of removed the jumper from the default position to get that lead in there, put it back in that same position if your only using the one SATA.)

Hope you manage to rescue it mate.

Yeah, may as well go local if the HD is totaled out.

Sergio--as I recall from your thread of a few weeks ago, this was a barebones PC. Probably came with little documentation regarding connections. The OEM drive likewise came with little or no documentation. Drives typically have a small diagram on them representing proper jumpering, but that can be cryptic and tells you nothing at all about PSU connections.

Chalk it up to the cost of ridding yourself of your hardware assembly virginity. Everybody who has built has a tale of some kind.

I've tried pretty much everything now, and it still wont work

So Sergio, at this stage if you take out the power to the DVD drive, I presume that is the only other Sata device you have at the moment, and try to start the HD is it still the same sound coming from the HDrive?