- Mar 23, 2013
- 544
- 0
- 11,060
So I've never had any problems with my external hard drive other than the eSATA port being a little loose with the stock cable and having to jiggle it to get it to connect. But now, I have this lovely issue where when I plug in the hard drive, it crashes Windows. If it's already plugged in, my system will fail to boot entirely and just sits black screened for all eternity.
When I plug the drive in, first explorer.exe slows to a complete halt and then the problem rapidly escalates into this: http://i.imgur.com/8RWKybA.jpg And I can't click that. My mouse still moves but other than that, the computer is 100% unresponsive. Windows Recovery did nothing to help other than saying I should unplug any external devices other than the mouse and keyboard (the external hard drive being the only one and unplugging it fixed all of my problems. :/ ) and restarting.
Anyway, onto hardware and stuff.
External Hard Drive Bay: ICY DOCK MB559U3S-1SB
Hard Drive in Bay: SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 ST1000DM005/HD103SJ
Specs:
CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Gemin II S524 77.7 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler
Motherboard: ASRock Z87E-ITX Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 660 2GB Video Card
Case: EVGA Hadron Mini ITX Tower Case w/500W Power Supply
Optical Drive: EVGA 100-OD-S101-BR DVD/CD Writer
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (OEM) (64-bit)
PCPartPicker Link
And that's all I can think of. If anyone has any ideas or need more information, let me know please!
When I plug the drive in, first explorer.exe slows to a complete halt and then the problem rapidly escalates into this: http://i.imgur.com/8RWKybA.jpg And I can't click that. My mouse still moves but other than that, the computer is 100% unresponsive. Windows Recovery did nothing to help other than saying I should unplug any external devices other than the mouse and keyboard (the external hard drive being the only one and unplugging it fixed all of my problems. :/ ) and restarting.
Anyway, onto hardware and stuff.
External Hard Drive Bay: ICY DOCK MB559U3S-1SB
Hard Drive in Bay: SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 ST1000DM005/HD103SJ
Specs:
CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Gemin II S524 77.7 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler
Motherboard: ASRock Z87E-ITX Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 660 2GB Video Card
Case: EVGA Hadron Mini ITX Tower Case w/500W Power Supply
Optical Drive: EVGA 100-OD-S101-BR DVD/CD Writer
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (OEM) (64-bit)
PCPartPicker Link
And that's all I can think of. If anyone has any ideas or need more information, let me know please!
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram