What is causing this problem?

Question

Iron

There was already such a problem. The power cord has come off the hard drive. Put. Earned all the rules sat. SchA uncle is calling again this nonsense. While the PC was going to him, the cord came out again. I told him to put it on, but she won't leave. What could be the problem ?
(he has a sata cord - the tape is large. And here are the connectors.
I just think that he does not put the power on correctly. But tomorrow I want to see him and find out what it is from so that I can fix it 100%

Answer 1

1. this is ide, not sata.
2. Power cannot be inserted otherwise. rather, it is possible, but it is necessary to sweat specifically.

Answer 2

Is the PC trying to boot over the network? Maybe check the boot sequence in the bios? If the network is not involved in the process, I would also check the jumpers on the ide devices. Which of them is the master, who is the slave. I always considered it right to connect the boot hard to a separate (good and new) cable, if there was such an opportunity. If everything is set up correctly, and replacing the cables / power supply does not help, I would turn to the idea of ​​replacing the hard drive. Or about checking it for bad blocks (given a year in the yard and using an IDE, this is more than possible). Power shuffling sometimes affects dying hards like a defibrillator: it goes nuts from shock and works for a while until it calms down. And, by the way, how is it on the motherboard with conders?