WD HDD Trouble...

jancz3rt

jancz3rt

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Hey guys as you may see in my sig, I have two HDDs. One is the 20GB one and the other is a WD800JB (80GB). Just this morning, I ran across a problem. While browsing the net my cursor froze and in fact the entire PC did so as well. Then I was forced to reset the power. After that...the HDD failed to boot approximately 6 times. IT failed to be recognized as a HDD and either did not spin up or span up and shut down. At the seventh try, it finally booted fine. I have run dignostics and there's nothing wrong with the surface of the HDD. I fear that it's dying on me. Could it have been something else?

JAN :D
 
It could be dying, how old is it? Have you used WDs diagnostic program? And are you sure your power supply is working ok?
 
Yeah.

I have indeed used the WD diagnostics and run all the test without any problem being found. The HDD is approximately half a year old. It could be my power supply as well. It's just strange that I never had a problem like that before.

JAN :D
 
I suggest that it's a power cable problem. I had this problem before, the power cable disconnects and the hard disk stops getting power and when I reset the computer, it is not detected unless I play a little with the power cables.
 
Well...

narafa said:
I suggest that it's a power cable problem. I had this problem before, the power cable disconnects and the hard disk stops getting power and when I reset the computer, it is not detected unless I play a little with the power cables.
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I will give it a week and see what happens. I have actually played around with the power cable prior to finally getting it to boot. Maybe you are right indeed. However, it can also be dying on me. Well I have a 3 year warranty on it so I may as well give it a week or two to see.

JAN :D
 
Good luck then and hope the electricity don't shut off :D

You can make something nice, they sell power cables splitters in which you can connect it to a good and working power cable and get 2 or 3 cables. You can buy one of those splitters and stop using this power cable connecting the 80GB HDD.
 
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