New dual core system problems

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welshwiz

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I was wondering if anyone could help, I have built a new Dual Core system with the following hardware:

E6300
Gigabyte DS3
1 gb of corsair value ram
450 Hiper PSU
Nvidia 7600GT card

And Maxtor 250gb SATA II hard drive.

Originally I had issues with memtest and bad Ram, I changed the position in the mb and it all seemed to work ok. Then after about 2 weeks of running the system the hdd starting clicking, while browsing internet explorer the PC would just hang and sometimes display a BSOD.

SO I bought a new hdd and after a week the exact same problem. Now the hdd is located close to the psu in the case I am using and was wondering if heat could cause the HDD to do this clicking thing. Seems like the computer is struggling to access the disk. Does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks in advance for any help
 
there really isnt any, they are just in the case. I have now taken the top off the desktop style media centre case as it was getting too hot. is it possible i have fried the hard drives then ?
 
I'm guessing your voltage rails are okay?

Also, define 'clicking' , maxtor drives are by no means as quiet as they come, so while seeking a certain amount of 'clicking' is to be expected.
 
voltage rails? IS this the 3, 5 and 12 V i can check in BIOS? sorry dont know that much, will check this evening.

the PC seems to working ok then the drive will start clicking every 2 or 3 seconds... and will keep going as if its seeking for something. can also get the clicking as the PC starts up and then it wont even boot sometimes.

As its a Maxtor drive I need to get a number from the diagnostics programme to RMA the drive, however the programme says it fixes the HDD but it will fail again. do i need this number to return the drive ?
 
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