Have a Hard Drive (HD) that makes a very loose contact with the power connector. At first thought it was dead but changed PCs and it is OK. Also some other Good HDs have start up problems with this PCs power connector.
Normally when the HD does not show in the BIOS on startup I shut down the PC, then I move the power connector and restarted the PC and the HD starts OK.
Am wondering if can wiggle the power connector while the PC is going or can this damage either the HD or power supply?
Am also wondering if anyone else has had this problem and what was done to solve it?
Should mention that the PC with this problem is inexpensive so am wondering if the contacts are corroded so the resistance is increased or if the contacts have just become loose from changing HDs? Maybe both?
Thanks
Ken