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    PC won't boot again...

    About a month ago my PC didn't boot. I changed the power supply and it booted again, however I lost a hard drive. Today, I turned on my computer and it doesn't boot. It struggles through the boot up tests and doesn't go any further. I unplugged the hard drives and noticed the the cd-rom drive...
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    PC won't boot

    Yeah, I don't expect it to survive that long, even half of that would have been nice. :) Ironically, its been about 6-7 months now for the hard drive. Additionally, the only part that was damaged was the hard drive, everything else seemed to survive. Is it safe to test the suspect PSU?
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    Data recovery from damaged hard drive

    I swapped the old PSU with a new one and the computer came back on, what else could it be? As for the drive's board being the problem, I don't know. Its only a guess. Unless there is a better suggestion? :)
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    Data recovery from damaged hard drive

    Ok, no reformatting or RMA. How difficult is replacing the board? I've soldered some electronics before...
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    PC won't boot

    Ok, here is the new thread.
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    Data recovery from damaged hard drive

    Hey guys, my previous thread talking about my blown PSU which I discovered later it took out my hard drive with it. Here is my last post: RAM tested with MemTest+, 2 passes, no errors. Windows Check disk on functioning hard drives, no errors. Ran Geoforms on graphics card, no strange...
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    PC won't boot

    RAM tested with MemTest+, 2 passes, no errors. Windows Check disk on functioning hard drives, no errors. Ran Geoforms on graphics card, no strange behavior Ran prime95 and othos for about 30mins, no errors. Now, the broken hard drive: Specs: Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EADS 1TB...
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    PC won't boot

    So, I got my new PSU today. Everything ~seems~ to be working except one of the hard drives. It shows up in Windows 7 but thinks the drive needs to be formatted. Is there a way to recover the data from the hard drive first? Also, should I got through any procedures in verifying the integrity of...
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    PC won't boot

    For what its worth I had the FSP Group SAGA+ 450R 450W ATX12V Power Supply says it has Over-voltage protection: Additionally, it's MTBF (Mean Time Before Failure) is at 100K at 25°C. That means it can last 11 years of constant use at 77F. Saving grace?
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    PC won't boot

    After gaming on the PC for a few hours I decided to take a break. When I opened up "My Computer" in Windows 7 I noticed one of my hard drives had disappeared. Thinking it was just a glitch, I tried to restart. Upon restart, the BIOS took forever to complete (the disappeared hard drive wasn't in...
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