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I took my computer back to where i had it built and they found my power supply had blown up, so they replaced it with a 750w , now then heres the annoying problem, theres 4 normal molex power cables, and 2 sata power cables, the 2 sata power cables are different, one has 4wires one had 5 wires, the 5wire is needed for the hard drive otherwise it wont boot, and the 4wire when plugged in to my dvd-writer drive says its a floppy disk, so clearly one sata is for a hard drive and one sata is for a floppy disk, ( ive tried the 5wired sata power cable in the dvd drive and it opened but the 4wire sata on the hard drive wouldnt boot up), any ideas?
I think that's a bit beyond my knowledge, tbh.
Someone else may come along and help though.
What did the peeps who built say? Maybe take it back to them?
I think that's a bit beyond my knowledge, tbh.
Someone else may come along and help though.
What did the peeps who built say? Maybe take it back to them?
well i checked everything but i didnt notice that my dvd was a floppy drive at the time lol i cant afford to keep going down to stoke on trent :(
Loads of leads on ebay for splitting, converting etc from 99p
go to creative computers at road end - they'll sort it out for you.
The 4 wire one, is this a white connector?
If so thats not a SATA connector, its a molex KK series one for the floppy drive.
And unless you have one, its obsolete now (I can get you one though if you want lol).
The other 4 pin ones that fit into your CD/DVD should also do so, you may have spare of them.
There is usually an adapter that will also convert rom them to the black SATA connector.
But then going off of your descriptions I'm totally lost.
If the 5 wire allows the HDD to boot up, and the 4 wire works the DVD then whats the problem? lol
creative computers are really good they helped my out a few times.
The 4 wire one, is this a white connector?
If so thats not a SATA connector, its a molex KK series one for the floppy drive.
And unless you have one, its obsolete now (I can get you one though if you want lol).
The other 4 pin ones that fit into your CD/DVD should also do so, you may have spare of them.
There is usually an adapter that will also convert rom them to the black SATA connector.
But then going off of your descriptions I'm totally lost.
If the 5 wire allows the HDD to boot up, and the 4 wire works the DVD then whats the problem? lol
No the 5wire connection is a sata connection, i will take a picture if you want? lol, definately not the molex one, the problem is, the one with 4 wires keeps recognising the dvd drive as a disk drive :(
Ive just found the power supply, :mad: its totally crap :mad: Win power ATX 750W Power Supply
Ive just found the power supply, :mad: its totally crap :mad: Win power ATX 750W Power Supply
Yeah Just Cheap Crap.. :bonk:
WinPower 750W Power Supply Unit ATX - Overload protection :150% Sata Connector
Price: £19.90 (£23.49 INC VAT.)
You NEED one of these
http://specialtech.co.uk/spshop/files/detail/thermaltake-toughpower-modu.jpg
For More information Click Here. (http://www.thermaltake.com/product/Power/ToughPower/W0116/w0116.asp) Same as Mine...
Yeah Just Cheap Crap.. :bonk:
WinPower 750W Power Supply Unit ATX - Overload protection :150% Sata Connector
Price: £19.90 (£23.49 INC VAT.)
You NEED one of these
http://specialtech.co.uk/spshop/files/detail/thermaltake-toughpower-modu.jpg
For More information Click Here. (http://www.thermaltake.com/product/Power/ToughPower/W0116/w0116.asp) Same as Mine...
i was actually thinking about this http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/800W-ORYXX-TITAN-SILENT-8800GTX-READY-DUAL-RAIL-PSU_W0QQitemZ280213096106QQihZ018QQcategoryZ44949Q QssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
The choice is yours, But i know which one i would choose..
Not really heard of ORYXX before to be honest.
I am just a little baffled as to why the GUYS you bought your PC off decided to fit a 750w psu, When originally it had a 850w psu in it... :confused:
I know you have said you cant afford to keep going down to stoke on trent, To be honest mate, I would'nt bother going again, They aint doing you any favours by putting a £30 psu into your relativley new machine...
The choice is yours, But i know which one i would choose..
Not really heard of ORYXX before to be honest.
I am just a little baffled as to why the GUYS you bought your PC off decided to fit a 750w psu, When originally it had a 850w psu in it... :confused:
I know you have said you cant afford to keep going down to stoke on trent, To be honest mate, I would'nt bother going again, They aint doing you any favours by putting a £30 psu into your relativley new machine...
No lol, they advertised it to me as an 850 but i later found out it was a 450w :O wen they took the psu out and it had the sticker on the top :(
No lol, they advertised it to me as an 850 but i later found out it was a 450w :O wen they took the psu out and it had the sticker on the top :(
No wonder the psu has blown up, With the 2 x 512 sli nvidia gfx cards, Quad Core Processor, Vista 64bit, 4GB of ram, Plus your drives, Sound Card, etc etc... :bonk: Pushed beyond its limits..
Makes me wonder if them GUYS really Know what they are doing..... Seriously
No wonder the psu has blown up, With the 2 x 512 sli nvidia gfx cards, Quad Core Processor, Vista 64bit, 4GB of ram, Plus your drives, Sound Card, etc etc... :bonk: Pushed beyond its limits..
Makes me wonder if them GUYS really Know what they are doing..... Seriously
makes me wonder too, but anyhow, im more interrested in trying to change my "floppy disk drive" to a dvd writer on my pc LOL, this is well annoying, when i press the button on the dvd writter it makes a clicking noise like the floppy disk drives make sometimes lol
Have you tried disabling the floppy drive in device manager & your bios.
Floppy drive came up on my machine when i first built it, I have simply disabled it in device manager, After reading about it on the net..
Have you tried disabling the floppy drive in device manager & your bios.
Floppy drive came up on my machine when i first built it, I have simply disabled it in device manager, After reading about it on the net..
is it the floppy drive controller that i disable??
Yeah right click on it... :D
http://www.greenlyph.com/new/images/VistaHomePremium.jpg
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yeah i got the idea im not thick lol, i uninstalled the floppy drive first then disabled the floppy controller :D
Has it solved your problem.. :thumbs:
nope ,its not showing up as anything now lol
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