Can a hard drive short out a power supply?

Question

Iron

I decided to check the hard that I found. I connected it to the computer as a second hard and complete freeze of the computer, the splash screen of the motherboard barely loaded, the system and the blue screen somehow started to boot. I take it out and everything is fine. Hard somehow closes the power supply or what? With the computer already on, I connected the hard drive only to power, not to the sata, and the computer immediately hung up.
Blue screen code 07F
Hard WD3200

Answer 1

1. A little fuss with a multimeter will give the answer. Measure the voltage value along the lines 12 volts (yellow wires), 5 (red) and 3.3 (orange) when this very disk is disconnected from the computer (for power, without SATA) and when it is connected. On serviceable hardware, the difference between these measurements should not exceed 10%. If it is more, change the PSU. If it's the same on another PSU, then this disk can be considered faulty.
2. If you think that this disk squanders the computer's power, it means that it takes a current much more than the norm. Excess current does not disappear without a trace, its energy must heat something. Touch the microcircuit cases on the disk controller board with your bare finger - if some of them are heated so that your finger cannot stand it, then the disk is dead.
3. It is extremely useful to check if the electrolytic capacitors on the motherboard and in the PSU are swollen. This should generally be done regularly, at least once every six months, as a preventive measure.

Answer 2

With the computer already on, I connected the hard drive only to power, not to the sata, and the computer immediately hung up.

The power chains just went off the rails.
Why the hell did he surrender to you like that.
Take it apart for magnets and a tru-sysadmin mirror.

Answer 3

This is not a closure.
This BIOS cannot initialize the problem disk, hence the brakes and the blue screen.
Throw out the problematic HDD, there will be no sense from it.

Answer 4

Usually it says that there is a problem with the piece of iron.