Upon plugging in the SATA cable, the entire PC shut off.
Hold up... You plugged something in while the PC was already running? Yeah, uh... You shouldn't do that.
I plugged the HDD in WHILE the PC was on (yes, I know, what a fucking moron).
I don't know what to do.
Update: was able to find a local place that knows what they are doing. Turns out I fried the North Bridge 🙄. Got a new MoBo in the way. I hope I can get away with just a plug and play.
There’s nothing wrong with doing this. A motherboard that doesn’t support sata hot swap is by far the exception not the rule. I have never encounter a board in the last 10 years that doesn’t support this.
in every mobo I had, the setting was off by default. be sure to enable before doung that.
If your board has the option to turn it on or off then hotplugging with it off won't break anything. It just won't poll for new devices.
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