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carman594   01-20-2008 at 09:06:48 PM

I have problems with my computer. I get the normal one beep which means i have no ram problems. Once I'm in windows and am doing normal things, the hard drive will stop spinning and then I have to reset my computer. So, I thought it was the hard drive. So i went out and bought a brand new 500Gb SATA hard drive. Same Problem. Sometimes, when it will stop spinning, it will happen at the same place. Could it be that my motherboard is not telling the hard drive to spin? This doesnt happen in the bios though. I ran the Extended memory test from the vista install disc and there was no problems. If I'd replace the motherboard, it'd be with the Asus M2N32-SLi Deluxe. This is very frustrating because it shouldn't do this and I don't have a problem with my crappy acer laptop or my crappy emachines which are both running vista. I have a Gigabyte GA-M61P-S3 motherboard


Message edited by carman594 on 01-20-2008 at 09:13:04 PM
------------------------------ Processor - AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+ @ 3.2Ghz
Motherboard - Asus M2N32-SLi Deluxe Wireless Edition
Power Supply Unit - Corsair 520W CMPSU-520HX
Video Card - XFX 512Mb 8800GT Extreme Edition
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carman594   01-21-2008 at 01:29:26 AM
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g-paw wrote :

Try another PSU


My PSU is sufficent. It's 520 Watts and is a very good brand (crosair)

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------------------------------ Processor - AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+ @ 3.2Ghz
Motherboard - Asus M2N32-SLi Deluxe Wireless Edition
Power Supply Unit - Corsair 520W CMPSU-520HX
Video Card - XFX 512Mb 8800GT Extreme Edition
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nhobo   01-21-2008 at 02:05:58 AM
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How do you know the hard drive stops? Have you checked you power management options? Are you overclocked?


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notherdude   01-21-2008 at 02:18:38 AM
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Yea, hard drives don't make a whole lot of noise, how do you know it's powered off? Make no assumptions. Any number of things can make your PC lock up.

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g-paw   01-21-2008 at 02:20:39 AM
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carman594 wrote :

My PSU is sufficent. It's 520 Watts and is a very good brand (crosair)



That doesn't mean it couldn't be bad, just had a new Antic Neo go out on me.

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