Dillovic

AHHHHHHHHHHH?!?!?
i just installed my new watercooling setup
and now my kickass rig isnt booting up anymore?!
***?!?!?!
well, i gotta admit my graphics card's mosfet cooler tube plug wasnt tight enough so some water dropped onto the motherboard, but thats not the problem, the mobo is working fine.
ok i also have to admit that i broke off a piece of my 7800 gtx while installing the mosfet cooler but thats not the problem either
my pc wont recognize the damn hard drive, no matter where i plug it
its a 300 gb maxtor sata hdd
whats the problem here?

cyrixMII300

its a bit difficult to solve mate...ur problem that is... but tell us more...

ur rig doesnt boot at all? no post screenie? or it boots but u get no drives detected? which one is it?

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Dillovic

the pc posts, but very slow, slower than before i installed this god damn watercooling setup. i should never have bought this watercooling thing...
it posts, then it says hit del to enter setup, then i press del and it takes more than a minute to actually take me into the setup screen.
if i dont get into the setup, the pc says that i should insert a boot disk into a boot drive, cuz he cant find no hard drive
ive tried all the hard drive slots but none will read it
the hard drive is totally new, maybe i bucked it up somehow?!?

BTW:
how do i upload an image here? i can only link to one. i wanna show u what i broke on my graphics card

cyrixMII300

for posting the image just click reply and then attach the file. the attachment tab is at the bottom of the reply page....

i think there is some major screw up with regards to ur pc....post the pic first...

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CyberDruid

Sounds probable--since from your destructive path i would guess you are a little hamfisted when it comes to delicate electronic components--you didn't by chance power the SATA with a molex and a SATA power connector? That'll fry it right away. You may have broken or otherwise damaged the data cable or mobo header. Or that bit of water might have taken out your onboard sata controller (looks like a chip on the mobo) and left other parts intact.

Sounds bad. But I wouldn't blame the H2O...sounds like you were assembling in a frustrated mood, or perhaps just needed to learn a few things the hard way....

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TeleFragX

Pics and more information on what steps you took to install the water cooling setup.. We can then try narrow it down for you

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Dillovic

i broke off that thing while installing the water tubes of the mosfet cooler.
my idiot first installed the mosfet cooling block and then the tubes....

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Burn

That's pretty crucial to the operation of any component. Can you solder it back on by any chance?

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cyrixMII300

sorry mate....u have to try and rma that thing....u broke one of the capacitor of the card....think thats why the problem....dont tell any1 though....

but it does sound like there might be other problems there so get another display card and test it out on ur mobo...borrow 1 from ur friends and try it...but for gods sake dont break that one 2....

anyway sometimes s*** happens-

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Dillovic

yes, im sure i could solder it back on,
but ive got no solder-iron.
but why is it that so crucial, i mean its still working, i can see the post message and the amibios logo.
do you by any chance know what that little block is (or was) for???

edit: i still dont understand why my pc doesn't recognize my hard drive...