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Processor | i3 3220 |
Motherboard | Gigabyte GA-H61M-S |
Memory | 2x 4GB DDR3 |
Video Card(s) | Galaxy GT730 1GB DDR5 |
Storage | Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB, WD 120GB IDE and Samsung 750 EVO SSD |
Display(s) | BenQ VL2040AZ 19.5inch |
Case | HCL ATX Mini |
Power Supply | Corsair VS450 |
Mouse | Microsoft Basic Optical Mouse 2.0 |
Keyboard | Amkette Black Multimedia keyboard RX3 USB |
Hi guys,
I was wonder if the above is possible.
I have a 450W psu powering my PC, i want to use a 250W one to power my HDD,
Can i do this without shorting anything ?
The reason why I'm doing this is because i think my 450W PSU is not giving enough power, you see my HDD had started to make sounds(squeaks), I thought this is the end as its about to die.
I used the 250W PSU lying around to boot it up with a IDE/Sata to usb converter, it didn't work as my HDD was not supported(it wasn't getting detected)
BUT surprisingly my HDD was no longer making sounds!!, it was running smoothly.
I want to boot it up and run a diagnostics to check if its healthy or not and to do this i need to connect it to my mobo(gigabyte) but not with that possibly faulty PSU.
Thanks
I was wonder if the above is possible.
I have a 450W psu powering my PC, i want to use a 250W one to power my HDD,
Can i do this without shorting anything ?
The reason why I'm doing this is because i think my 450W PSU is not giving enough power, you see my HDD had started to make sounds(squeaks), I thought this is the end as its about to die.
I used the 250W PSU lying around to boot it up with a IDE/Sata to usb converter, it didn't work as my HDD was not supported(it wasn't getting detected)
BUT surprisingly my HDD was no longer making sounds!!, it was running smoothly.
I want to boot it up and run a diagnostics to check if its healthy or not and to do this i need to connect it to my mobo(gigabyte) but not with that possibly faulty PSU.
Thanks