Hard Drives keep burning out??
I've tried everything, I think!
When I do a POST the drive is found (also in BIOS its found) but when it starts to boot from it it says Hard Disk Failure. Has anyone got any idea why this should be happening and why I seem to be going thru so many Hard Drives?
Thanx in advance.
I'm running Xp.
Answers:
Powerfailure maybe? Cheap power supply delivering more than 12V to the hdd
How intense to do use your computer? Do you use it on full load and leave it on for 24/7 ? Do you use it as a server? then i suggest get a SCSI drive... built for tough.
I would change the pc case it sounds like its been magnatised. or you have something with a magnet close by.
Remove the internal speaker if you have one in the case. (The magnet)
It might not be the drives, it might be your motherboard. That's very odd that you're going through drives like that. I haven't lost a drive in over 5 years.
one of the reason.. it's a power supply unit.. PSU.
another reason... where u keep your pc..
is there any ventilation.
how long u keep ur pc running.
I suggest u change ur power supply to the goog one probably Cooler Master...
then, buy the hdd coolerfan to keep ur hdd hold any longer...
coz' I switch on my pc for downloading from torrent.. for several days.. with no air-cond... hehehhehee
Usually if you are experiencing continuous HD failure like that it's either motherboard or power supply related. Since you've already stated that this has happened on both an IDE and a SATA drive I'd rule out the motherboard. I'd replace your power supply. Chances are it's putting out improper voltages that are frying your drives.
I had this happen to me when I was on millennium apparently it didn't like the PC guard I was running changed hard drive went to xp problem solved, so it sounds like you have a conflict going on have you checked,maybe it would be worth the price of a professional to look at it gotta be cheaper than all those hard drives
I agree. Unless you are using real cheap drives, this is obviously something causing the HD failures. Check the voltages on the PS, if you cant check the voltages you might want to invest in a good PS and see if this helps you in anyway.
had same probs need a new power supply pc world cheap at mo if not sure take out old one take with you so u no getting right one
I'd agree, I'd suspect the power supply. As you've had problems with both ide and sata, I doubt if it's the mobo.
Disconnect all periphial drives and add on cards except video that are connected to your mother board keeping the 3 1/2 and your os drive connected Down load the manufacturer of the hard drives soft ware utilities and use their diagnostic soft ware from 31/2 floppies to test the drive. If it runs true then try removing your power supply and installing one of higher wattage you know to be good. When power supplies go they surge up and down this will fry hard ware. Swap out your ribbon cable with new ones and make sure your connections are good and jumpers are set correctly. Make sure your cd and dvd drives jumpers are set correctly. All that is for your ide drive.When you installed your operating system on the sata drive did you install your sata drivers and sata controllers from floppies as reqested for durring installation set up for XP Hitting F6 then s key . These controllers are mother board specific and must be installed durring install or win wont recognize drive but bios and post will. Make sure in bios that the sata drive (If more than one enable both) is enabled and set as your boot drive and not ide
In addition to all the technical problems above you could consider external factors: vibration. I have come across a situation where excessive desk vibration (caused by a printer) caused HDs to fail. When the vibration problem was solved (move the printer) the HDs became more reliable.
In your case, assuming a modern printer, it is unlikely to be a printer. But if the table/desk is constantly getting knocked then this won't help.
How sound is your power supply? Would surge protection help? It may be that machinery (e.g. motors) on your local circuit cause fluctuations.
I would say your PS is the culprit...go with a brand name 500 watt or better like OCZ, Ultra or Thermaltake or Coolmax .
I run 3 Hd's and a Sony DVD-Rw , 5 case fans plus CPU fan on a Ultra X-Finity 600W APFC PSU. The Hd's are all 250 gb Western Digital Ide's .
Cheap HD's just dont last and it's a real pain when you loss all your information and contacts because you saved a few bucks going with a cheaper brand..just my opinion..
My hd's All Western Digital 3 - 80gbs(over 5yrs old and still running) and 3 -250gbs (2yrs old) still runnig strong and very relible. My PC runs 24/7.
absolutely a bad power supply. order a good quality 500watt unit and should be laughing
If your running more then one drive (Like a ATA and a SATA together),then what could be happening is it is defaulting to either the ATA or SATA, in the BIOS you should set the drive that you want to boot from first as the 1st boot option, I had a computer that would boot from an older drive that i had and it would come up with "HARD DISK FAILER" on boot, i went into the BIOS set the drive i wanted to boot from first, disabled the second drive and everything was running great after that, i could even see the second drive in MY COMPUTER, which i use for a storage drive.
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