2many hdd spoil the pc??

[tweety_bird_bunny]

i recently bought seagate 7200rpm 80gb hdd...b4 that i had seagate 16gb hdd....but if i connect both of them while working on pc,, often the pc restarts by itself??where couild be the problem?? i have arranged the jumpers properly...
could the power suply of cabinet be faulty?

 

[digen]

You are connecting the second hard disk while the system is on & running ? :shocked:
Dude i'm no hardware geek but if that is the case then its not a correct practise to do it imho,do correct me if I'm wrong.
I know about hot swapping of hardware for server systems but I doubt whether the same works in this case.

And oh your thread title is totally misleading & incorrect,I myself have 4 hard drives connected.One RAID 0 array & the other 2 back-up disks.

 

[mako_123]

I faced the same problem but it turned out that i had two RAM chips of diffrent frequencies connected.

 

[tweety_bird_bunny]

hey dude..i ain't so stupid.....i connected the hdd while pc was turned off...
the title is not misleading its eye-catching... my ram chips are installed properly.. so could there be any problem with the power suply?
and so far no pc dealers that i have enquired know about RAID, though i have read about it on net n magazines....
i dnt know where to get RAID in india??from delhi?

 

[siriusb]

The only raid that the wallas know is the one involving lots of policemen.
It could be your power supply. What's your wattage? Also, since u are changing things, ensure there's no loose connections.

 

[digen]

Sorry if i mis-read but..

i recently bought seagate 7200rpm 80gb hdd...b4 that i had seagate 16gb hdd....but if i connect both of them while working on pc,

Anyways mentione the system specs along with the PSU ratings.

 

[jagaqua9]

This is a simple case of under p[owered smps pl check it--go for 350 w smps--i have also 2 hdd no probs

 

[wolfff]

It seems to be a power supply problem. U can try connecting both the Hdd and disconnecting the Optical / Floppy drives. Also if ur gfx card needs power from a hdd like connector disconnect that as well. So start ur compy with both hdd minus cd/dvd/floppy and c if it boots properly.
And if it does start properly..... u can buy a decent "branded" power supply of about 350W for around 1500 bucks.