My original post on r/techsupport: https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/s/SCCKnGaleU
Hi everyone! I recently bought 3 refurbished hard drives I'll be using for a server. I started creating the server the other day from scratch on my old PC. None of the three drives are being detected by the BIOS or Windows. Up until two days ago I was using the PSU and the SATA SSD that the computer is booting off of in my main computer so I know they both work and the SATA power cable is not faulty. The SATA cables themselves I also know are not faulty. I've tried with and without the SATA power adapters/extenders the drives came with. I've tried I think everything in the BIOS including CSM and Legacy support just in case that would've helped. At first I thought the drives were at least powering on, but after reading some more I think I was hearing an auxiliary component so they aren't getting power. I removed the 3.3v wire from my SATA power connector because I saw tons of people having the 3.3v issue with a ton of fixes and that was the easiest for me, but still nothing. It's hard to believe that all three of these drives would be dead, but that's the only option I've been left with unless my PSU "can't" power them for some reason. Any help is greatly appreciated!
Specs:
CPU: i5-8400
RAM: G.Skill 4x8 GB DDR4 3600
MBD: Gigabyte Z370XP
PSU: EVGA Supernova 550 G3 80+ GOLD
SYS Drive: Sandisk SSD Plus 500 GB
Hard Drives: HGST Ultrastar He10 | HUH721010ALE604 | 0F27488