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WD800JB Reboots Itself

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Tekkanano

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This may sound strange, but my HD is rebooting itself sometimes (maybe the firmware says "MS Inside"). What it does is that it shuts off and boots back up, it all happens within 1-2 seconds. Sometimes it's so bad that it freezes my computer for a second, but luckily doesn't crash.

It rarely happened before, but it started to happen a lot now (1-2 times a day) ever since I left my computer on several days using BitTorrent. So, I thought that if I stop using BT, it'll stop, but it still happens, less often though.

I tried a full media scan, no errors. I hope that this drive doesn't die on me. It doesn't make any clicking sound, hey, I had to replace 2 60GXP 6 times until I had 2 (have them for almost a year now, no problems) that worked because of deadly clicking noise that rendered the HD useless.

I was wondering if anyone had the same problem. If so, I'm gonna go get a new HD. So far, I don't think the problem corrupts my data really, since the WD HD test didn't detect any bad sectors.
 
Sounds like a power supply problem - unstable connection or something.

Of couse, virus scan, adaware, spybot, etc b/c of the openings BT leaves. . .
 
Yeah, I think you're both right, it could be the power supply problem, since it's pretty much a generic brand, it's a Austin DR-B450ATX 450W. It came with my Cheiftec case that I brought at NewEgg. I look at the voltage for +12V & +5V and they seem to have good amps.

I'll try this, I'll switch the power supply with my other computer, which has a Enermax EG365P-VE(FC) 350W. I'll try to remember to report back if does or doesn't resolve the problem.

I have the HD in a mobile rack with three fans, so, it's definately not a heat problem, and I'm pretty sure the mobile rack doesn't have any problems, and I checked all the connections.

skym0903, yup, it does make a whizzing noise, since it is spinning down and back up.

AR, pretty sure it has nothing to do with spyware, etc., that are related to BT ports since I keep my software updated and system clean, and nothing really weird has happen recently.
 
uhmm... just out of curiosity, have you disabled power management from powering down the hard drive when idle?
 
Originally posted by raz-0
uhmm... just out of curiosity, have you disabled power management from powering down the hard drive when idle?
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Yes, it is disabled in the BIOS and in Windows.
 
weak or tired molex conector?
try another power plug
 
Double check connections, and check psu voltages. Something could also be overheating. Could be a driver to, random reboots are hard to nail down.
 
I have seen it happen from both a weak molex connecter and shit powersupply.

To kindacheck the molex connections(and wires) just grab the power wires and move them back and forth and in all directions, if moving them causes power to go out and back on, you know it is a line. But remember, doing this will play hell on whatever is connected to the line, use a meter instead of frying your hard drive.

Run MBM if you want to keep track of power fluxuations, they have a High/Low page for viewing results of the different rails.
 
Yup, I tried different molex connectors and wiggling them, they're fine.

I finally switched out my Austin for the Enermax, so I'll be checking whether the problem still happens.

I was wondering, when my case fans grows louder when I use something cpu intensive, is this a sign of power fluctuation? This only happens with the Austin PS.
 
if the power supply has a temperature controlled fan speed, yeah. You do something CPU intensive, it draws more power, PSU heats up, fans crank up. If they aren't, then that isn't what it is then.
 
Originally posted by raz-0
if the power supply has a temperature controlled fan speed
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None of them are. But now I noticed it does the same thing with the Enermax PS, but not as loud as the Austin PS.

Also, it seems my problem is solved when changing over to the Enermax PS. I noticed some noises once in a while, but I can't tell if it was the same noise as the original problem.
 
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