Author Topic: A turn for the bizzare. help please (Read 1548 times)

Krusty · « **Reply #15 on:** July 24, 2007, 08:57:02 AM »

I don't think a HD would cause shutdowns... Once the OS is loaded it's in memory. If the HD is bad it will give errors, be unable to read data, unable to write, missing, nonresponsive, but the HD going bad while in-use will not shut the system down. That points to a different HD problem.

I say if you can't upgrade just get an older motherboard.

Check this out, on newegg:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157097

I've got the socket775 (Intel) version of this. You can use your old ram and old video card and upgrade later.

On mine I get the option of DDR1 or DDR2, but that one only seems to have DDR1 (DDR 400).

It's only $67 USD, as well.

That should keep you going for a while.

0thehero · « **Reply #16 on:** July 24, 2007, 12:59:08 PM »

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Once the OS is loaded it's in memory. If the HD is bad it will give errors, be unable to read data, unable to write, missing, nonresponsive, but the HD going bad while in-use will not shut the system down. That points to a different HD problem.

Well, actually it can; just try killing the power to your main drive(s) and see how Windows likes that.

You can look in the Event Viewer of a system, and quite frequently trace spontaneous shutdowns or reboots to ATAPI errors or DEV errors where the system times out trying to access the hard drive. And as soon as it needs to page something to or from a location where there is no longer access, BOOM!

That said, the idea of swapping cables is a good one, frequently overlooked. I mean, really, how often do cables go bad, right?

DREDIOCK · « **Reply #17 on:** July 24, 2007, 07:22:41 PM »

Picked up a new hard drive and am going to give that a shot. as oppised to an IDE I picked up a SATA. (which my MB supports) figuring when it comes time to a new build. which may be comming sooner rather then later anyway, This way I can just drag it along to my next build.

DREDIOCK · « **Reply #18 on:** July 24, 2007, 10:47:01 PM »

Well Im up and running.
Just installed windows (acck) I hate installing windows.
Now just gotta install the proper drivers for everything else.
So far so good

upgraded from a 60 Gig IDE hard drive to a 160 gig WD SATA 300 Caviar SE
Took me 5 years to nearly fill the 60 gig.
I figure at the rate I fill hard drives I should be ready for retirement bout the time this one is full LOL