Help Needed Desperately

[Elton]

The fan that spins is on the mother board.

 

Thinking about things logically.....

 

To get the hd to spin, I have to plug a connector into the back of it and one into the mobo.

 

That works on an old working machine.

 

Try it on the broken machine, and I get nothing. I get a spinny fan and a DVD drive that tries to start (may now try to ge the plug out of the back of that and try it in the HD).

 

Would all this not indicate a mobo failure somewhere?

 

Would that not indicate

[Elton]

Removed the power supply connection from the DVD and tried it in the HD - it is now spinning.

 

Then switched off and added the cable that connects the HD to the mobo - now not spinning.

 

Removed the cable connecting to the mobo - spinning again.

[Elton]

Still no bleep, btw

[Elton]

And, on checking, the original power supply connection will spin the HD if the cable connectin it to the mobo is not connected.

[Si...]

thats weird, because the psu only outputs 5v even when the computer is turned off, and only outputs 12v when the power button is pressed.

 

Have you another IDE cable you could try between the mobo - HDD see it that could be a problem.

 

[edit]Sounds like it could be a dead mobo, didn`t read the thread properly [/edit]

 

[ 15. April 2004, 10:04 AM: Message edited by: Si... ]

[terryk]

Tend to agree with Si, it does sound like a mother board problem, although it would make sense to rule out the IDE cable first, by swapping it with a good one and see what happens.

 

T

[Elton]

Si...:

 

 

Have you another IDE cable you could try between the mobo - HDD see it that could be a problem.

 

Just tried that - same situation.

 

HD appears dead, but will spin as soon as you unplug the cable.

[Elton]

What's the best way of dealing with a dead mobo - is it worth buying a new one, or just a new basic system? It's the contents of the HD that I need.

[terryk]

Depending on the amount of data on the disk, you may be able to install it into another PC as a slave drive. It should configure as a 'D:' drive, and you would be able to access the contents of folders, etc, and copy them to the new PC's C: drive. Installed programs on this D drive disk might not run correctly as they would need to access DLL (Dynamic Link Library) files, and the filepaths might not match. I've done it myself with a degree of success, but it's not the ideal solution.

[Elton]

So, would a new mobo be best? If so, how do I go about getting the right one?