HD or PSU?

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Gawd
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Hey,

I've been having problems lately with my HD randomly turning off and immediately turning back on. It doesn't have a specific moment when it happens, it'll do it 5 or 6 times and then stop. However, nothing else is affected.

I am also running on an el-cheapo PS, as well.
 
Try it with a different rail, could be a bad cable. You could also try a different PSU or HD (if you have any laying around).
 
could try testing the voltages of the power supply with a digital multimeter
 
I don't have one, and there's nowhere in my area where I can find one.

While I know motherboard monitoring isn't accurate, it'd be nice if my motherboard at least supported it.
 
Try swapping out the PS with another one. I'm sure you have a friend around with a computer.
 
IceDigger said:
Try swapping out the PS with another one. I'm sure you have a friend around with a computer.
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Only one around the area - and I hate borrowing stuff from other computers that belong to other people.
 
Just wondering, is it possible that it could be my motherboard sending a signal to the HD?
 
Ah, found it.

I went to take a look at soemthing, my hand brushed against the IDE cable and it started flipping out.

Now, I had shitloads of those things lying around, think I can find one now?
 
Crap, it's back. (Actually, I noticed it a few days after).

I've also noticed that when I try to load an app while listening to music at the same time, the music craps out. Even formatting doesn't fix this. So, I'm lead to believe it's the HD.
 
A bad power supply can often damage a hard drive. So when you get a chance/money to, get a quality power supply and try it out. If the hard drive is still resetting, then it is definitely going to die soon.

But then again, I believe the hard drive is dying, bad PSU or not.
 
The problem is, is that I don't have the money to invest in a high-end PSU, and getting a job in Quebec when you can't speak French can prove to be quite difficult.


If it helps any, all the tests I carry out with the WD tool appears to be ok.
 
What kind of money do you have? You could wait for a bunch of rebates on Ultra supplies to come back.
 
dBTelos said:
What kind of money do you have? You could wait for a bunch of rebates on Ultra supplies to come back.
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Not much, the only time I really have any income is when i fix somebody's computer, which isn't very often.
 
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