Trying to diagnose my computer's hardware

[albrethsen26]

So I've run multiple diagnostic tools against all of my hardware, and none of them can ever find anything wrong. But...I have had to re install my OS about 10-20 times in the past couple of months, because after every install I start getting system errors. I will always get a message from Action Center saying I need to "check drive for errors" and when I do that, and reboot, the drive checker fails and windows goes into Automatic Repair, which also fails. I then reboot and everything seems fine for awhile, until it happens again, and this time the automatic repair goes in an endless loop which I can only end by refreshing my PC or just doing a complete re install.

It sounds to me like it is my SSD, but all the drive health programs (HDD Health, and others like it) tell me it is 100% healthy. Is it possible that these diagnostic tools do not work properly with SSDs (even though they claim to) or that an issue could exist while still reporting 100% health?

About system:
OS: Windows 8.1
SSD: OCZ Vector 256gb
Motherboard: Gigabyte 990FXA UD3 rev 1.1
CPU: AMD Phenom II x4 965 Black Edition

 

[superman1370]

Okay, so the first thing I would tell you to do is get another copy of windows. It could be the issue of you having a corrupt windows that you are installing onto your computer. If the computer still have the issues after install a different copy of Windows than I would recommend you to use a spare hardrive/SSD to determine if its your old SSD issue or any other components.

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[Tradesman1]

Make sure you have the latest BIOS and mobo drivers - if already done that - then throw a platter drive in their and install Win on the platter - if no problems then it's the SSD or the SSD's firmware - have you checked for a firmware update?

 

[albrethsen26]

Tried an install on a spare drive and everything seemed fine. Just filled out RMA form to get ssd replaced. Thanks

 

[Tradesman1]

No worries, may want to close the thread