My PC Specs:
PC Name (#1):
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
Abit IP35 Pro Motherboard
4 gb (2x 1gb PNY, 2x 1gb Kingston)
Nvidia Geforce 8800 GTS (g92) 512mb
Zerotherm Nirvana
Creative X-Fi Gamer Edition / Logitech z-5300
Seagate 320gb (OS), Seagate 500gb (Storage)
Antec Nine Hundred
Vista x64bit
Important
1) I have played around with uGuru, Abit's overclocking software for like 5 minutes, and only in those 5 minutes was anything overclocked (My cpu from 2.4ghz to 2.45ghz). Everything else is at stock
2) I have recently upgraded my CPU/Mobo/VGA, they are pretty much 1 month old.
3) The Seagate 500gb is about 6 months old.
4) Bios drivers are the ones from that came with the mobo on the CD, might or might not be 100% up to date.
5) I keep my computer on 24/7 whenever possible.
6) Was working fine before and after upgrade, just happened out of the blue.
Problem:
I woke up one morning and was screwing around in my room and heard very faint beeps periodically and investigated. It was my computer that was beeping once, faintly, every now and then. Being the first computer I used an aftermarket cooling solution, my zerotherm nirvana, and also first time using arctic silver 5, I decided to shut it off due to the beeping possibly caused due to rising temps. I had to leave to class so I couldnt investigate. The next day, I turned it on, and it wouldnt get past the initial motherboard boot screen. The motherboard has an LED display on it that shows troubleshooting codes, it was stuck specifically at 75, which I found out to be "Detecting IDE Devices".
Important to note:
1) I can't even press delete to get into BIOS at all, it just freezes right there at the first motherboard splash screen. I did manage to hit Tab, which shows me whats happening, not the splash screen and it gets stuck at the message "Detecting IDE Devices...".
2) Here, when left alone it would also start doing those beeps eventually.
3)I did some research and found on some forums and found 2 people who had similar problems, 1 turned out to be a bad harddrive, and the other bad HD cables.
4) I reset it oh so many times, and once and only once, it did get to windows, but when I came back it was "Shutting down...", but stuck there, had to cold power it off.
What I Did:
1) I have 2 Harddisks and 2 Optical Media drives, I swapped out the cables for all of them, nothing happened, no luck.
2) I removed both harddrives and was able to get into BIOS and past the splash screen, where it tells me it can't find an OS.
3) I checked the temps in BIOS just to be sure, they were very fine, in the mid 20s and low 30s.
4) I plugged everything back in to make sure correct seating, no luck.
5) I removed my storage hard drive, the 500gb one, not the one the OS is one, and voila, we have a perfect system.
6) Put the 500gb back in, and goes back to the problem. Took it back out and now running with only the 320gb, the one with the OS on it.
What I need help with:
Basically, I wanted to know why my computer was literally freezing at that point, instead of simply booting and not recognizing the harddisk. Also, could it be any jumper settings problem maybe? What I'm about to do is shove it in an external USB enclosure, I just need to find my power cable for it, so I can test the HD to see if its dead. Also, wanted to see if anyone has any ideas from data recovery, or if these beeps are useful to tell anything.
Thanks for reading guys,
Chris
PC Name (#1):
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
Abit IP35 Pro Motherboard
4 gb (2x 1gb PNY, 2x 1gb Kingston)
Nvidia Geforce 8800 GTS (g92) 512mb
Zerotherm Nirvana
Creative X-Fi Gamer Edition / Logitech z-5300
Seagate 320gb (OS), Seagate 500gb (Storage)
Antec Nine Hundred
Vista x64bit
Important
1) I have played around with uGuru, Abit's overclocking software for like 5 minutes, and only in those 5 minutes was anything overclocked (My cpu from 2.4ghz to 2.45ghz). Everything else is at stock
2) I have recently upgraded my CPU/Mobo/VGA, they are pretty much 1 month old.
3) The Seagate 500gb is about 6 months old.
4) Bios drivers are the ones from that came with the mobo on the CD, might or might not be 100% up to date.
5) I keep my computer on 24/7 whenever possible.
6) Was working fine before and after upgrade, just happened out of the blue.
Problem:
I woke up one morning and was screwing around in my room and heard very faint beeps periodically and investigated. It was my computer that was beeping once, faintly, every now and then. Being the first computer I used an aftermarket cooling solution, my zerotherm nirvana, and also first time using arctic silver 5, I decided to shut it off due to the beeping possibly caused due to rising temps. I had to leave to class so I couldnt investigate. The next day, I turned it on, and it wouldnt get past the initial motherboard boot screen. The motherboard has an LED display on it that shows troubleshooting codes, it was stuck specifically at 75, which I found out to be "Detecting IDE Devices".
Important to note:
1) I can't even press delete to get into BIOS at all, it just freezes right there at the first motherboard splash screen. I did manage to hit Tab, which shows me whats happening, not the splash screen and it gets stuck at the message "Detecting IDE Devices...".
2) Here, when left alone it would also start doing those beeps eventually.
3)I did some research and found on some forums and found 2 people who had similar problems, 1 turned out to be a bad harddrive, and the other bad HD cables.
4) I reset it oh so many times, and once and only once, it did get to windows, but when I came back it was "Shutting down...", but stuck there, had to cold power it off.
What I Did:
1) I have 2 Harddisks and 2 Optical Media drives, I swapped out the cables for all of them, nothing happened, no luck.
2) I removed both harddrives and was able to get into BIOS and past the splash screen, where it tells me it can't find an OS.
3) I checked the temps in BIOS just to be sure, they were very fine, in the mid 20s and low 30s.
4) I plugged everything back in to make sure correct seating, no luck.
5) I removed my storage hard drive, the 500gb one, not the one the OS is one, and voila, we have a perfect system.
6) Put the 500gb back in, and goes back to the problem. Took it back out and now running with only the 320gb, the one with the OS on it.
What I need help with:
Basically, I wanted to know why my computer was literally freezing at that point, instead of simply booting and not recognizing the harddisk. Also, could it be any jumper settings problem maybe? What I'm about to do is shove it in an external USB enclosure, I just need to find my power cable for it, so I can test the HD to see if its dead. Also, wanted to see if anyone has any ideas from data recovery, or if these beeps are useful to tell anything.
Thanks for reading guys,
Chris