The drive seems to be dead. Contact whoever you bought it from and explain that it arrived DOA. Mechanical drives have moving parts, so should make noise when they're working. If you have it all plugged in correctly and it doesn't spin up, it's broken.

Craigyy_JR wrote The drive seems to be dead. Contact whoever you bought it from and explain that it arrived DOA. Mechanical drives have moving parts, so should make noise when they're working. If you have it all plugged in correctly and it doesn't spin up, it's broken.

If I plug in power after the PC is on ( so it's already on and booted up) it makes the noise it should. Just won't make the noise when I turn on the pc

EvozzHD wrote

Craigyy_JR wrote The drive seems to be dead. Contact whoever you bought it from and explain that it arrived DOA. Mechanical drives have moving parts, so should make noise when they're working. If you have it all plugged in correctly and it doesn't spin up, it's broken.

If I plug in power after the PC is on ( so it's already on and booted up) it makes the noise it should. Just won't make the noise when I turn on the pc

So, it doesn't actually work unless you connect the HDD after the system has booted? Yeah, I'd still send that back for a replacement. I haven't experienced many issues with HDD's, and the only ones I have is when they have arrived DOA. Usually if an HDD isn't working, it has to be replaced or the user hasn't connected it properly.

Well the BIOS is not stored on the HDD. It's like a middle point between the two. The computer boots into BIOS every time, it's just in the background automatically booting Partition C, unless you press the key to call it forward and boot elsewhere. So the HDD is fine, the motherboard itself is where the issue lies. You're gonna have to get a new one, or get a replacement direct from the company if you can :S

(EDIT: YOu said the PC wouldn't boot to BIOS, so if it wont do that, that's why Ibeleive it to be a motherboard issue. Because on any other computer, pull the HDD out, and it will still boot into BIOS, so if it doesn't get to that, much less past there, the motherboard is the issue)

TTG_Vape wrote Well the BIOS is not stored on the HDD. It's like a middle point between the two. The computer boots into BIOS every time, it's just in the background automatically booting Partition C, unless you press the key to call it forward and boot elsewhere. So the HDD is fine, the motherboard itself is where the issue lies. You're gonna have to get a new one, or get a replacement direct from the company if you can :S

(EDIT: YOu said the PC wouldn't boot to BIOS, so if it wont do that, that's why Ibeleive it to be a motherboard issue. Because on any other computer, pull the HDD out, and it will still boot into BIOS, so if it doesn't get to that, much less past there, the motherboard is the issue)

I can get into the bios I meant to say my bios doesn't read my hdd

TTG_Vape wrote Well the BIOS is not stored on the HDD. It's like a middle point between the two. The computer boots into BIOS every time, it's just in the background automatically booting Partition C, unless you press the key to call it forward and boot elsewhere. So the HDD is fine, the motherboard itself is where the issue lies. You're gonna have to get a new one, or get a replacement direct from the company if you can :S

(EDIT: YOu said the PC wouldn't boot to BIOS, so if it wont do that, that's why Ibeleive it to be a motherboard issue. Because on any other computer, pull the HDD out, and it will still boot into BIOS, so if it doesn't get to that, much less past there, the motherboard is the issue)

Pretty sure OP means that the HDD won't show up in BIOS or OS. He said that the PC worked with his old HDD perfectly fine, and it's the new HDD that's having issues. This means he has a dead HDD.

OP-There is nothing else I can think of and from how you've explained it(or how I've understood it), you have a dead HDD that needs to be replaced. If you purchased it recently, contact the store you bought it from and they should either replace it or give you a full refund and you can buy a drive elsewhere instead, if you wish.