PC specs:
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 processor
Asus Strix Geforce GTX 960
ADATA 8GB DDR4 2800mhz RAM
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB hard drive
Antec 600W PSU
Gigabyte A320M motherboard
Some Useful Info:
My hard drive is over 4 years old.
My graphics card is over 2 years old.
Everything else is brand new or rather roughly over a month old.
Here's what happened:
So today I was playing Battlefield 3 multi player. Had to run a quick errand so I quit the game and went outside. When I came back I found out that my PC was stuck - like totally stuck. Monitor display was stuck on my web browser window(bf3 battlelog page) and interestingly, the mouse pointer was stuck at "Blue Circular" disc like thingy(one reason why I strongly believe the hard disk is at fault).
Since it was totally stuck I turned it off via the power button on my chassis. Then I turned it on again and it was turning on and off repeatedly as if in a loop. Then again I turned it off and put it back on. Since then, it hasn't been looping out - all fans, mobo light, chassis light etc turn on well and good.
However, there is no display whatsoever on the monitor unless I disconnect my hard disk completely(It then displays the message "insert bootable drive and press enter").
What do you guys think? Should I go ahead and buy a new hard drive?
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 processor
Asus Strix Geforce GTX 960
ADATA 8GB DDR4 2800mhz RAM
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB hard drive
Antec 600W PSU
Gigabyte A320M motherboard
Some Useful Info:
My hard drive is over 4 years old.
My graphics card is over 2 years old.
Everything else is brand new or rather roughly over a month old.
Here's what happened:
So today I was playing Battlefield 3 multi player. Had to run a quick errand so I quit the game and went outside. When I came back I found out that my PC was stuck - like totally stuck. Monitor display was stuck on my web browser window(bf3 battlelog page) and interestingly, the mouse pointer was stuck at "Blue Circular" disc like thingy(one reason why I strongly believe the hard disk is at fault).
Since it was totally stuck I turned it off via the power button on my chassis. Then I turned it on again and it was turning on and off repeatedly as if in a loop. Then again I turned it off and put it back on. Since then, it hasn't been looping out - all fans, mobo light, chassis light etc turn on well and good.
However, there is no display whatsoever on the monitor unless I disconnect my hard disk completely(It then displays the message "insert bootable drive and press enter").
What do you guys think? Should I go ahead and buy a new hard drive?
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