Schmutz
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I have not been able to resolve a problem which has been affecting my computer for a few weeks now
please see below for my system spec
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Symptoms:
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I decided to start fresh (for the first time in about 4 years) and installed Windows 7 64bit to my 2TB drive. It has worked flawlessly for about 4 days and now I am beginning to identify the same problems I had when the OS installation on the 500GB drive started to die (slow boot, some freezes, unable to see hard drives)
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Cause?
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Any of these seem possible:
Solutions I have tried
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Remaining solutions
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System Spec
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Q6600 3.0GHZ
GIGABYTE EP45-DS3R
6GB PC2 6400 800mhz (2x 2gb/2x 1gb)
Nvidia GTX 275 896mb
Asus Xonar DX soundcard
Windows 7 x64
Jeantech 1000W PSU
Operating system is on 2TB drive
++ two 1TB data drives, one 500GB drive (all sata drives)
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History:
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I apologize for multiple threads! the cause of my problem has proven extremely tough to diagnose, please refer to my previous threads for more information (if necessary!)
Hard drive is dying? (posted 19th December 2010) https://www.techspot.com/vb/topic158404.html#post980939
Faulty power supply affecting hard drive performance? (posted last week) https://www.techspot.com/vb/topic160966.html#post1002894
PLEASE HELP! Anything else I should try? Any of my suggestions worth scrapping? (ie. buying another PSU)
Thank you very much if you read all of this, your help will be appreciated
please see below for my system spec
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Symptoms:
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- hard drives are failing to show in windows (plugged in/set up)
- computer hangs frequently on the very first boot "push x to enter bios" screen
- "starting windows" screen while booting can take ~5 minutes
- strange sounds from the hard drives when they are trying to load data
I decided to start fresh (for the first time in about 4 years) and installed Windows 7 64bit to my 2TB drive. It has worked flawlessly for about 4 days and now I am beginning to identify the same problems I had when the OS installation on the 500GB drive started to die (slow boot, some freezes, unable to see hard drives)
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Cause?
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Any of these seem possible:
- Faulty PSU voltages
- using too many devices without a surge protector (I have the computer, logitech Z5500 surround sound, 24" LCD monitor all plugged into the same socket, but this has worked flawlessly for years)
- Faulty motherboard sata connections
- corrupt bios
Solutions I have tried
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- Using a different PSU (on my 500GB OS installation, had the same problems)
- Trying different combinations with the cables from my PSU (modular) (when I couldn't get the 500GB sata drive to boot at all, using different sockets in the back of my PSU yielded different results (they are labelled 12V3, 12V4 etc... I'm not savvy on what it all means though)
- Error checking tool
- Defragmenting - no effect. Maybe I should try another defragmenter...
- Error checking tool - nothing to report
Remaining solutions
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- upgrade motherboard BIOS
- try another motherboard (i would have to RMA the motherboard for this)
- try my "faulty" sata drive in another computer (results could be interesting)
- buy a more reliable PSU (I use a Jeantech 1000W and used a 600W arctic when trying to isolate the PSU from the equation, maybe BOTH of these are faulty/not providing enough juice to power my components (note; when I tried the 600W I booted ONLY my 500GB sata drive and an nvidia 7900GS. No 2x 6pin 275GTX, no DVD drive, no sound card - also this 600W PSU works fine with it's original computer (AMD 6000+ Dual core/2gb/7900GS two sata HDD's)
System Spec
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Q6600 3.0GHZ
GIGABYTE EP45-DS3R
6GB PC2 6400 800mhz (2x 2gb/2x 1gb)
Nvidia GTX 275 896mb
Asus Xonar DX soundcard
Windows 7 x64
Jeantech 1000W PSU
Operating system is on 2TB drive
++ two 1TB data drives, one 500GB drive (all sata drives)
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History:
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I apologize for multiple threads! the cause of my problem has proven extremely tough to diagnose, please refer to my previous threads for more information (if necessary!)
Hard drive is dying? (posted 19th December 2010) https://www.techspot.com/vb/topic158404.html#post980939
Faulty power supply affecting hard drive performance? (posted last week) https://www.techspot.com/vb/topic160966.html#post1002894
PLEASE HELP! Anything else I should try? Any of my suggestions worth scrapping? (ie. buying another PSU)
Thank you very much if you read all of this, your help will be appreciated