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System restart bcz of adding 1.5 tb HDD

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NiluGeek Original post #1
Sep 19, 2010 at 8:52 PM
Hello friends,

I have a local cabinet with 550W SMPS + a basic m2n68AMD MOBO + AMd athlon CPU + @ gb ram + 160 GB hDD, When I Added 1.5 TB WD Caviar green internal SATA HDD on first installation it run fine, later on system started restarting frequently when i unplugged 1.5 TB hdd it started working fine where is the main problem SMPS/ or MOBO or HDD it self ? and to install WIn 7 basic AMD CPU is enough or u need quad core cpu ?

thanks
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misrasn #2
Sep 19, 2010 at 9:11 PM
Dear Nillu,
You have to check your motherboard is supporting 1.5T oR NOT from the Motherboard SPECIFICATION.

Thanks

Sachidananda Misra
mavihs
mavihs #3
Sep 20, 2010 at 2:01 AM
Hello friends,

I have a local cabinet with 550W SMPS + a basic m2n68AMD MOBO + AMd athlon CPU + @ gb ram + 160 GB hDD, When I Added 1.5 TB WD Caviar green internal SATA HDD on first installation it run fine, later on system started restarting frequently when i unplugged 1.5 TB hdd it started working fine where is the main problem SMPS/ or MOBO or HDD it self ? and to install WIn 7 basic AMD CPU is enough or u need quad core cpu ?

thanks
most prob its your SMPS! which brand SMPS you have?
Dear Nillu,
You have to check your motherboard is supporting 1.5T oR NOT from the Motherboard SPECIFICATION.

Thanks

Sachidananda Misra
it doesn't depend on the mobo! :|
Cool Buddy
Sep 20, 2010 at 6:50 AM
check if the sata power is working fine by changing the power cable of the existing HDD without plugging in the WD green. Try changing the SATA cable.
Most probably the motherboard is at fault coz it's an ASUS on which I face a similar problem.
topgear
topgear #5
Sep 21, 2010 at 4:58 AM
also you can try another sata port on the mobo to plug in the hdd.
N
Sep 22, 2010 at 6:25 PM
most prob its your SMPS! which brand SMPS you have?

it doesn't depend on the mobo! :|

Regarding SMPS it is local one which came with the cabinet, 550w
coderunknown
Sep 22, 2010 at 6:59 PM
^^ 550W generic PSU? get it changed. or at least get it checked with a friends PSU.