I think my hard drive issues could be PSU related

[dugweb]

My second hard drive rarely starts up with the computer, unless i kind of mess with it (soft resets, take out usb peripherals etc.)

I'm thinking about just buying a new better PSU, but was wondering what this entails. Do i have to buy an entire new case? or can I just get a PSU and swap them with a little wire splicing or what?

thanks

edit: I should add that this is a relatively new problem. I've been dealing with it for about 3 months (just kind of put up with it until now). while ive had the hard drive for about 1.5 years.

 

[Yellowbeard]

It depends on what case you have but, you should easily be able to remove the old PSU (4 screws in most instances) and install a new one. The main thing you need to do is make sure that you hook everything back up appropriately to the new PSU. A couple of digital pix or some labels may help if you are not confident you can remember everything.