Friday, May 1, 2015

Computer does not boot with a 3rd hard drive plugged in

I recently bought a Western Digital 2 TB drive to install on my system for additional storage and once it was installed my computer refused to boot.


Thinking that it might be a problem with the drive I shut down and removed the drive then everything worked fine. Now here is the kicker I switched the 2nd drive out for the new drive and then the computer boot right up (though it did not show that it existed).


The problem isn't the cables or ports either because I have changed those and verified they are working with the 2nd drive. Any help would be most appreciated.





  • OS: Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows XP (selection doesn't matter
    at this point as I can't get to the boot loader)


  • MB: MSI K9A2 Platinum


  • CPU: AMD Phenom x4 9850


  • HDDS:



    • 1 Hitachi 500GB SATA


    • 1 Hitachi 1TB SATA


    • 1 Western Digital 2TB SATA



  • Power Supply: ABS 1100 Watt


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