Quadra 650 busted hd

[russman]

Hey some of you may remember me putting a Western Digital HD in my quadra 650 a while back.. well now i think it may be busted but it is a strange issue.

I booted up the Quadra a few minutes ago, it showed the question mark/no disk icon. Then it suddenly shut off. When the power button was pushed it made a noise from the PSU, three pops, then nothing. This happened each time the button was pushed. After opening the case and unplugging the hard drive the comp turns on properly.

Heres what i dont get is why the noise comes from the psu when the hd is unplugged then its fine when unplugged? It leads me to believe something inside the hard drive is shorting out but i have no idea.

 

[porter]

Heres what i dont get is why the noise comes from the psu when the hd is unplugged then its fine when unplugged?

Components die, hard disks die, entropy increases. Such is the way of things. If somebody plugged a broken disk drive into you I'm sure you would make a noise.