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Johnfloyd4806
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If my power supply is shot will my hard drive LED still run?

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jonboybam offline Verified User (2 years, 3 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
Mortimer Common, K7, GB | 2 years, 3 months ago (1 minute after post)

no i dont think so

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Johnfloyd4806 offline Unverified User #
Port Huron, MI, US | 2 years, 3 months ago (4 minutes after post)

a spark flew from my power supply yesterday and now my pc will not do anything. But the harddrive LED still flickers like its reading.

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world.pirate offline Verified User (2 years, 3 months) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
Montreal, QC, CA | 2 years, 3 months ago (7 minutes after post)

You might have burnt your motherboard also…

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Johnfloyd4806 offline Unverified User #
Port Huron, MI, US | 2 years, 3 months ago (12 minutes after post)

i removed the board and all the circuts look fine the only thing i’m worried about is the hard drive. why would it still be flickering.
I took the power supply apart and it is shot, circuts shattered and a big scorch mark on the back panel, so hopefully the jolt went out the back and only the back

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Roulston offline Verified User (2 years, 3 months) Long Term User Shouts: 5 #
Centralia, ON, CA | 2 years, 3 months ago (7 hours, 17 minutes after post)

If the power supply was still supplying some power the light might continue to run, however because the PS is blown it cannot supply enough power to the corect places, constently.

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neku offline Verified User (3 years, 3 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 2 years, 3 months ago (11 hours, 25 minutes after post)

No, it seems to be a problem with your motherboard, hard disk get its power from the power supply. From http://fixit.in

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