Hey guys,
I've got a major problem with my system relating to my hard drive. A few days ago I turned on my computer in the morning and my hard drive seemed to have been freezing up Windows every 30 seconds or so. I could hardly do anything. I managed to get all of my important information onto an external and that was about all I could do.
At first, I thought the problem was the hard drive its self. I would hear the hard drive slow down, and at that time my OS would freeze up, and after a minute or so I would hear a loud click (presumably from the hard drive) when the drive started up again. At least I think this is what's happening.
So, I thought it was a faulty hard drive. I went to a local store and picked up a new drive, the same one I had. I installed it, put Windows 7 on it, and the same problem occurred. At this point I assumed it could be a problem with the SATA on my motherboard, so I tried an old IDE hard drive I had laying around. Same problem. So it's not my hard drive or the SATA on my motherboard...
Does anyone know what could be causing this? Again, the main symptom is that the hard drive seems to stall, then come back on after a short time, and when it stalls, my OS doesn't respond. The only two things I can think of it being are a bad motherboard or power supply, but I don't really have the money to just go out and buy them to try it. Any suggestions?
Thanks guys. Also, here is my system...
Intel Core i7 2.66ghz
6GB GSkill 1600 RAM
Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R
WD 1TB Black Caviar HDD
ATi HD 5850
If any other info is required just ask...
I've got a major problem with my system relating to my hard drive. A few days ago I turned on my computer in the morning and my hard drive seemed to have been freezing up Windows every 30 seconds or so. I could hardly do anything. I managed to get all of my important information onto an external and that was about all I could do.
At first, I thought the problem was the hard drive its self. I would hear the hard drive slow down, and at that time my OS would freeze up, and after a minute or so I would hear a loud click (presumably from the hard drive) when the drive started up again. At least I think this is what's happening.
So, I thought it was a faulty hard drive. I went to a local store and picked up a new drive, the same one I had. I installed it, put Windows 7 on it, and the same problem occurred. At this point I assumed it could be a problem with the SATA on my motherboard, so I tried an old IDE hard drive I had laying around. Same problem. So it's not my hard drive or the SATA on my motherboard...
Does anyone know what could be causing this? Again, the main symptom is that the hard drive seems to stall, then come back on after a short time, and when it stalls, my OS doesn't respond. The only two things I can think of it being are a bad motherboard or power supply, but I don't really have the money to just go out and buy them to try it. Any suggestions?
Thanks guys. Also, here is my system...
Intel Core i7 2.66ghz
6GB GSkill 1600 RAM
Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R
WD 1TB Black Caviar HDD
ATi HD 5850
If any other info is required just ask...