Hard drive won't spinup when attached

Testiculese · Post by **Testiculese** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 2:47 pm

New board/chip, old drive and PSU. Drive is ok, I just pulled it from a system that worked....PSU is ok, I just pulled it from my current game box. More than 1 thing is wrong here, but maybe I can get a clue as to this:

When I plugged the chip/ram/vid and power switch in the mobo, I get nothing onscreen... fans rev up, the onboard LAN lights up. No boot. Not good in it's own right. When I plugged the power and ide into the drive and boot again, the drive doesn't spin up. I pulled the ide off the mobo, booted again, and the drive spins up. Plugged ide back in, no spin up. Only when it's not plugged into the mobo. Why would this be?

Oh, by the way, this mobo is an MSI KT880 Delta, says XP Athlon/Duron in the book. The ad showed it as an Athlon/Duron/Sempron. I have..guess what? A Sempron chip. Is the answer what I think it is?

Flatlander · Post by **Flatlander** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 2:54 pm

Sounds like a bad motherboard...but double-check to make sure the clear CMOS jumper is in the correct position.

Testiculese · Post by **Testiculese** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 3:30 pm

Yes, cmos jumper is ok.

Matrix · Post by **Matrix** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 4:04 pm

Maybe a new BIOS came out that adds suport for sempron cores since that board was manufatured? Maybe thats y the manual says diff then the ad?

You have an XP chip u can try or something?

That or the boards toast...

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Sun Sep 11, 2005 9:21 am

Is the PSU set to 230 or 115 input voltage?

Ferno · Post by **Ferno** » Sun Sep 11, 2005 11:26 am

what size PSU is it? the new setup could be overloading it.

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Sun Sep 11, 2005 12:15 pm

Check the pins on the IDE interface on the mobo for damage?

will_kill · Post by **will_kill** » Sun Sep 11, 2005 2:10 pm

...or the flux-seperator coil junction could be causing an invalid fault in the read only files.

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Flatlander · Post by **Flatlander** » Sun Sep 11, 2005 5:08 pm

will_kill wrote:...or the flux-seperator coil junction could be causing an invalid fault in the read only files.

It's flux capacitor, dammit, get it right!

TechPro · Post by **TechPro** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 12:17 am

You probably already checked this... and if this is the problem... you don't have to admit it.

Connect the ide cable backwards at either end and your drive won't spin up. Go ahead, I know you want to try it.

will_kill · Post by **will_kill** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 3:40 pm

Flatlander wrote:
will_kill wrote:...or the flux-seperator coil junction could be causing an invalid fault in the read only files.
It's flux capacitor, dammit, get it right!

no no...you have to seperate the flux before it enters the coil junction

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 2:22 pm

C'mon guys, enough hijacking.