Is my PC dying?

[dannykilla]

Hi,

I have been on my PC all day and it s has worked fine up until an about 2hours ago?

The problem is that the screen freezes, I cant do anything when I try any of these move my mouse, Ctrl+Alt+Delete or press the windows key nothing happens.

Now when I restart my PC the BIOS stops on "Detecting Hard Drives" and stays there?
But when I switch off my PC completely and leave it a few minutes and then turn it back on again the hard drives are detected?
Then after a while the screen freeze again and this has been going on now for the past 3 hours?

Can anyone help me and explain what could be the problem?

Windows Vista x64 Ultimate
Intel Quad Core 2.4ghz
EVGA 680i Motherboard
EVGA 8800 Ultra KO Version
4x Corsair Dominator
Western Digital Caviar 500GB
Western Digital Caviar 400GB
Enermax Galaxy 850w

Please help this is doing my head in?

Thanks
Danny

 

[ticklemebougy]

it sounds like the hard drive is dying, you should backup your files.

 

[Nate Silvers]

My old pc did this I had to use a new IDE cable for the hard drive that fixed it. Otherwise sounds like a dead un!

 

[inflynx]

Have a look if HDD is securely conected. Sometimes HDD power od data cables get loose with time from vibration.

 

[dannykilla]

Yeah checked the cables still happened, so I replaced the drive with a new WD Raptor and installed Windows Vista x64 fresh and its still happening can anyone help please diagnose the problem ?

 

[dtokez]

try the hdd in a dif port maybe mate, might be a longshot but worth a go?