Help : 2 sata HDs - Noise problems - PSU cause?

[yippeeyayay]

"You could try booting up the computer with only the new drive attached. To be sure, it won't boot since there is no OS to load, but power will be supplied to all the fans, boards and the HDD. (The computer will stall and give the error message "no bootable device" (or similar))."

can i just turn the computer off afterwards (my new hd doesn't have an os, it's just a media storage) without screwing up the hd?

 

[yippeeyayay]

it should be recognized by BIOS....otherwise it wouldn't work(?)....i don't know. i don't think i knocked anything out of place.

 

[yippeeyayay]

Nope, if you can, remove the drive cage and just put cardboard between the mated surfaces of it and the case to act as a "cushion".

i can't remove the drive cage. it's stuck there. i can remove the HD and put it on the cardboard, but that would cover the breathing holes....wouldn't it?