Laptop won't power on after hdd upgrade!

[Salim_Gdoura]

Hi i have a lenovo ideapad gaming 3 15ARH05 and i recently wanted to add an additional 1To of HDD to my 500Go ssd.
I followed a video on youtube but to my surprise the pc didn’t even power on but whenever i remove the hdd it turns on as usual. Pls help im kinda stressed out ???

[Bruce]

so your process was something like this:

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if so, how confident are you that you got the SATA ribbon cable inserted correctly into the mobo slot?

does that new HDD work in another PC or in an external enclosure?

[Salim_Gdoura]

I’m pretty sure that the installation was right because i follow a video step by step, however I can’t check if the hdd works in another pc because I don’t have one. I really wish that it isn’t the problem of the hdd lol

[Bruce]

when you put the new drive into the laptop, did the laptop already have the SATA connection, or did you have one that came with the initial laptop purchase?

[Bruce]

@Salim Gdoura - any news?

[Salim_Gdoura]

well the problem might just be that I was using the wrong sata connection and that is because the laptop didn’t come with one so I had to find one online. but sadly it appears that I didn’t choose the right one. and now I’m planning to upgrade my ssd from 500gega to 1tera since waiting for the correct sata connection would last a lonnng time (4-6 weeks)

when you put the new drive into the laptop, did the laptop already have the SATA connection, or did you have one that came with the initial laptop purchase?

@Salim Gdoura - any news?

[Salim_Gdoura]

thank you @Bruce anyway. I really appreciate it

[Bruce]

if the video in post #2 is what you experienced when you tried to install the extra drive, the laptop should have come with the cable you require.

[Bruce]

@Salim Gdoura - any progress?

[Bruce]

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