Captain_Jon
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For the last little while I have been having lots of problems with my computer! Regular reboots; problems with rebooting; Can't find hard drive error messages; regular clicking sound and whirring sounds from hard drive access (often followed by a system freeze or reboot). At times when I restart the system I have to do a WinXP 'R' (repair) or it will not reboot. At times I am forced into a Chkdsk situation which generally generates a bunch of errors in index files (?). Even when I do get it to reboot it takes several minutes to get up and running!
Thinking that maybe I had some hard drive problems I ran the Western Digital diagnostics software and found no problems. I opened up the case and changed the IDE cable with no impact. I also moved the hard drive IDE cable to the secondary (black) IDE connector on the Mobo with no apparent improvement. I am currently running Spinrite6 software to test the hard drives but all looks okay so far. Interestingly this software, which runs under a DOS operating system, has been running for the last 21 hours without any reboots or other problems!
I am wondering if the Mobo IDE connectors are the problem... Any ideas on this problem? Is there any way to test the IDE connectors?? The other thought I had was that maybe the Antec power supply was the issue... again what do I look for to check this out??
Any help or thoughts would be appreciated...
Thinking that maybe I had some hard drive problems I ran the Western Digital diagnostics software and found no problems. I opened up the case and changed the IDE cable with no impact. I also moved the hard drive IDE cable to the secondary (black) IDE connector on the Mobo with no apparent improvement. I am currently running Spinrite6 software to test the hard drives but all looks okay so far. Interestingly this software, which runs under a DOS operating system, has been running for the last 21 hours without any reboots or other problems!
I am wondering if the Mobo IDE connectors are the problem... Any ideas on this problem? Is there any way to test the IDE connectors?? The other thought I had was that maybe the Antec power supply was the issue... again what do I look for to check this out??
Any help or thoughts would be appreciated...