I've had a DVD drive in my computer that wasn't connected to the Motherboard because I didn't have a SATA cable. Just today I got one from the IT guy at work and plugged it in, now I have the problem I just described in the title.
Furthermore it only turns on the time I press the power button after plugging in the power cable, never any other time. When it turns on the fans spin, the blue lights all over my computer light up, then in less then a second it stops. I hope I haven't fried anything in the computer particularly since I was pretty proud of how quickly I put it in, I'm usually pretty damn clumsy and nothing ever happened before, and I periodically walked over to my sink and touched the faucet.
If it means anything, there is this green light on my Motherboard over one of the PCI slots in my computer, it's always on.
Also, I've tried pulling the cables out of the back of my DVD drive, same thing still happened.
Last edited by OffbeatPatriot; Dec 2nd, 2008 at 10:01 pm.
Make sure you have put all cables in correctly (the right way, etc) and also make sure that you have a sufficient PSU for the power required (wattage).
Last edited by darren2005; Dec 4th, 2008 at 2:40 pm.
Problem solved, I took the computer to a shop and someone looked at it right in front of me. When I unplugged the DVD drive I still had the cable plugged into the motherboard, the guy there unplugged it from the motherboard and the computer turned on, I bought another cable right there and that's the end of it. The guy suggested that if there was a short in the cable then it would keep the computer from booting just by being plugged in to the motherboard. The idea of there being a short in a perfectly healthy looking cable seemed absurd to me but I couldn't argue with results.
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