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I have a recurrent problem that seems to be taking out my SATA drives one by one. Each drive can perform fine for months then the transfer rate drops and drops and drops. I returned the first drive this happened to and was told it was caused by a head crash - I suspect they didn't do a lot of investigation though. (It was a 300Gb Seagate SATA 7200 8MB)
After several months with no problems my C: drive is now screwing up badly, so I'd appreciate some opinions before I stress the credit card again.
My main suspect is the motherboard, but could the PSU be to blame?
Or even the BIOS?
Crucial PC3200 DDR-DIMM 2048MB CL3
Thermaltake Silent Purepower 680W, Dual Fan
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ 2.2GHz Socket 939 2MB
Asus A8N-SLI Premium
Gainward GeForce 6600GT 128MB GDDR3
Auzentech X-Meridian 7.1 Soundcard
After several months with no problems my C: drive is now screwing up badly, so I'd appreciate some opinions before I stress the credit card again.
My main suspect is the motherboard, but could the PSU be to blame?
Or even the BIOS?
Crucial PC3200 DDR-DIMM 2048MB CL3
Thermaltake Silent Purepower 680W, Dual Fan
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ 2.2GHz Socket 939 2MB
Asus A8N-SLI Premium
Gainward GeForce 6600GT 128MB GDDR3
Auzentech X-Meridian 7.1 Soundcard
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