HDD clicking noise when G80 connected?

[D3avy]

So i have this vintage G80-3000, it has DIN connector but i use PS2 adapter and when i connect it to PS2 port and turn on the PC you can hear hard drive producing this weird clicking noise and when i press(and hold) Caps Lock or Num Lock LEDs are blinking the same way hdd clicks and cannot stay ON when you press once. When it boots to Windows clicking stops and LEDs are not responding. Under Device manager it doesn't show keyboard, sometimes keyboard does work but you need to restart PC like 100 times and that is so frustrating, can anyone help me with this, thanks!

[off]

This sounds very odd.. have you tried it on another pc?
And would you have any chance to try another DIN board on this pc?

[TexasFlood]

Wow, maybe the power supply is marginal and the G80-3000 is pushing it over the edge thus starving the hard drive for power? Is this hard drive internal or USB?

[D3avy]

Tried on another PC it wont even post, it says "PS2 keyboard connected incorrectly" and i dont have any other DIN keyboard to check. I'm using this adapter and its new, keyboard has AT/PC switch under it and I put it on PC

EDIT: Problem is with internal HDD but i also have external and its working without any issues

[off]

has AT/PC switch under it and I put it on PC
issues

also, PSU/mobo is he only link between the board and your disk. Rip hinted at a different converter btw, one from ps2->usb that might mitigate the issue. I'm still hinting at the quote though.
Here for why. Plus back in the day my dad had one with a switch like that, and I remember that everytime I switched it to the logical choice (PC) it borked stuff.

[D3avy]

Now I tried with AT and it works on both PCs , I have tried many times before with AT and it didn't work so i don't know if it will work tommorow as thats the thing with this keyboard, as you said I should probably get an active USB>PS2 like Blue Cube and hope it will fix this, thanks

[mintberryminuscrunch]

i once had a faulty ps2 adapter (passive) so that would have been a possibility,too.
that damn thing made me destroy a perfectly fine keyboard. hm .. and the smell of burning electronics it caused (without anything actually burning/getting damaged...)

[D3avy]

Well mine looks alive, for now , maybe its the adapter, maybe its the keyboard, we all know these things are great quality but eventually they die.