I'll start with specs.
CPU: i2500k
MOBO: ASUS P8Z68-V/GEN3
Memory: 2x g.skill ripjaw x 4gb pc3 12800
HDDs: 1TB Seagate Barracuda ST31000524AS - Windows 7 (problem drive)
2TB Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM001 - Storage
320gb WD Blue WD3200AAJS - Linux Mint
PSU: XFX Pro650W
So yesterday everything was fine, but this morning I turn it on and nothing happens. It goes straight to a black screen and never moves past. After some fiddling I've determined it's the 1tb windows drive. No matter what sata slot it's plugged, what else is plugged in, what the sata/ide/ahci/s.m.a.r.t. settings in bios are, etc, if the 1tb drive is connected, the computer won't get to post. It just sits at a black screen with the red "BOOT_DEVICE_LED" lit up. What I ended up doing is unplugging the 1tb drive, booting into linux, then hotplugging the drive. When I did this I can see everything on the drive. I've spent the past hour backing stuff up just in case.
Any ideas what the problem is? I started a defrag yesterday using defraggler, but had to stop it mid way, however I've never seen an incomplete defrag kill a harddrive like this.
Edit: So I was able to 'trick' it into booting windows. unplugged the 1tb, then while in bios I plugged into that slot that bios had already sensed as the WD drive, then hit boot and it booted into windows just fine.
CPU: i2500k
MOBO: ASUS P8Z68-V/GEN3
Memory: 2x g.skill ripjaw x 4gb pc3 12800
HDDs: 1TB Seagate Barracuda ST31000524AS - Windows 7 (problem drive)
2TB Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM001 - Storage
320gb WD Blue WD3200AAJS - Linux Mint
PSU: XFX Pro650W
So yesterday everything was fine, but this morning I turn it on and nothing happens. It goes straight to a black screen and never moves past. After some fiddling I've determined it's the 1tb windows drive. No matter what sata slot it's plugged, what else is plugged in, what the sata/ide/ahci/s.m.a.r.t. settings in bios are, etc, if the 1tb drive is connected, the computer won't get to post. It just sits at a black screen with the red "BOOT_DEVICE_LED" lit up. What I ended up doing is unplugging the 1tb drive, booting into linux, then hotplugging the drive. When I did this I can see everything on the drive. I've spent the past hour backing stuff up just in case.
Any ideas what the problem is? I started a defrag yesterday using defraggler, but had to stop it mid way, however I've never seen an incomplete defrag kill a harddrive like this.
Edit: So I was able to 'trick' it into booting windows. unplugged the 1tb, then while in bios I plugged into that slot that bios had already sensed as the WD drive, then hit boot and it booted into windows just fine.
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