Hey guys, I've got what I feel is a bit of a strange problem. I have a 1TB Toshiba sata hard drive that will not spin up when connected to a pc diectly with a sata cable. I've tried it in several different PC's and nothing happens. The drive does not spin up or make any noise at all and the pc doesn't detect it.
However, it will work absolutely fine when connected to a computer through a usb to sata converter.
The converter is actually the board that came from a seagate portable hard drive with a dead drive. Since it was a 2.5" drive and ran off usb, there was no 12 volt rail which is obviously required for a 3.5" drive. The small black relay in the picture is attached to the 5 volt line going to the drive so that when the usb is plugged in, it connects the external 12 volts (from a power supply) to the drive at the same time. This isn't really important just letting everyone know what was going on in the picture.
And yes I know the drive attached to the converter in the picture is a seagate. That was just the drive I was currently using when writing this.
I'm quite confused as to why my janky setup will make the drive work without issue but it refuses to spin up when attached directly to a pc.
Any thoughts are appreciated.
However, it will work absolutely fine when connected to a computer through a usb to sata converter.
The converter is actually the board that came from a seagate portable hard drive with a dead drive. Since it was a 2.5" drive and ran off usb, there was no 12 volt rail which is obviously required for a 3.5" drive. The small black relay in the picture is attached to the 5 volt line going to the drive so that when the usb is plugged in, it connects the external 12 volts (from a power supply) to the drive at the same time. This isn't really important just letting everyone know what was going on in the picture.
And yes I know the drive attached to the converter in the picture is a seagate. That was just the drive I was currently using when writing this.
I'm quite confused as to why my janky setup will make the drive work without issue but it refuses to spin up when attached directly to a pc.
Any thoughts are appreciated.
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