Is it possible that my power supply unit is burning out my hard drives. I have had 3 new hard drives fail on me now in 14 months. first i got an 80gb hard drive and it lasted 12 months, then i had it replaced 1 day before its warranty expired and that on lasted 2 months then that one was replaced yesterday and the new one has gone today. They all follow the same path. Windows freezing then when rebooting it says Invalid Boot disk blah blah and all they do is CLUNK all the time
2007-07-16 03:00:24 · 11 answers · asked by David C 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
Oh by the way they have all been Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 hdd's
2007-07-16 03:07:59 · update #1
Oh by the way they have all been Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 hdd's
2007-07-16 03:08:00 · update #2
The drive will take no more power than it needs E.g. if it needs 1amp then a supply that can deliver 50 amps wont damage it cos it will still use 1 amp.
If your power supply was providing to much voltage this could cause problems but the motherboard would be the first casualty also if this happens the PSU would shut down (in protection mode).
The sounds you hear lead me to belive the faults on the drives are mechanical and not electrical.
Sounds like you have bought into a bad batch of drives. (Delivery man dropped the box from a hieght) if I was you I would take the drive back demand a refund and obtain a different brand from another supplier.
2007-07-16 03:29:04 · answer #1 · answered by rmn_tech 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure, anything is possible. Are your fans working? You may want to check your system temperatures and other important things like that. There is a neat program out there called Sandra which helps you do this so you can figure out more directly what the problem is. (http://www.sisoftware.co.uk/index.html?dir=&location=pinformation&langx=en&a)
It's also possible that you can just go down to a computer store and they can take a look at stuff and tell you what is wrong.
2007-07-16 03:08:37 · answer #2 · answered by Mel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maxtor Clunking can be fixed with a firmware update.
http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?locale=en-US&name=ATA_Troubleshooter&vgnextoid=90d04a3cdde5c010VgnVCM100000dd04090aRCRD
However a PSU could be the cause, sometimes it's because the voltage is too irregular and causes the drive heads to become erratic
2007-07-16 05:43:30 · answer #3 · answered by nick.stanham 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Another thing to think about is the temperature in the case. Maybe you should install a new CPU fan or add in another fan to the side of your case. We bought a case fan for $15 and it is super quiet. You should shut down your computer when you aren't using it as well to prevent overheating.
Some useful information:
http://blog.smalldog.com/article/588/causes-of-hard-drive-failures
http://www.techadvice.com/tech/H/HardDriveTS.htm
2007-07-16 03:05:09 · answer #4 · answered by hello 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If they have all been the same model hard drive, it is quite possible that it is just a crap make/model of drive.
Try a reputable make such as Seagate or Western Digital.
2007-07-16 03:41:33 · answer #5 · answered by Rick G 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lo último que compre fue un hard disk externo, siempre han sido de calidad los productos que he comprado en los sitios web pero esta compra ha pasado mis expectativos, un transporte muy rápido y un producto excelente de buena marca a un precio sin igual, seguramente la mejor compra.
2016-04-01 06:46:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it sounds very possible. how much power does the PSU supply? is it something ridiculous to run a bunch of modded hardware? check to see what the HDs are rated for before you throw them in.
2007-07-16 03:03:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
sounds more like a bad model of drive, try another make
2007-07-16 03:59:13 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
check out this site it may help you
http://www.dataclinic.co.uk/hard-disk-failures.htm
2007-07-16 03:11:06 · answer #9 · answered by minty359 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
can you try disconnect the IDE cable and connect again?
2007-07-16 03:07:42 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋