Hope someone can help with this.
I bought a Biostar Nforce4 socket 939 motherboard a couple of years ago which mostly worked ok until the last few months.
The only problem I had with it was strange reboots/crashes where it would be like pressing the hard reset button.
Recently, it's been causing the main hard disk (Raptor 74GB) to fail during operation as if someone just pulled the power plug out of the drive.
After this, it won't recognise the drive in POST unless I leave the computer off for a few mins and try again.
I thought it was the hard disk failing so I bought a new one yesterday and reinstalled everything.
However, it's just done the same thing again and won't recognise the drive during POST.
Sometimes it does, then gets into Windows and loses it a few mins after.
I can tell when this happens because Windows will stop responding - I can still move the mouse and stuff but anything that needs disk operation won't work.
Sometimes when I try to turn the PC on again it won't react to the power switch being pressed for a while.
What can be causing this?
I have a few theories:
BIOS problem, ACPI malfunction, IDE/SATA controller malfunction, capacitor failure, PSU failure.
I've looked at the capacitors on the mobo and none show signs of bulging or leaking but it's weird that this problem has only just started happening in the last couple of months.
Thanks for any advice.
I bought a Biostar Nforce4 socket 939 motherboard a couple of years ago which mostly worked ok until the last few months.
The only problem I had with it was strange reboots/crashes where it would be like pressing the hard reset button.
Recently, it's been causing the main hard disk (Raptor 74GB) to fail during operation as if someone just pulled the power plug out of the drive.
After this, it won't recognise the drive in POST unless I leave the computer off for a few mins and try again.
I thought it was the hard disk failing so I bought a new one yesterday and reinstalled everything.
However, it's just done the same thing again and won't recognise the drive during POST.
Sometimes it does, then gets into Windows and loses it a few mins after.
I can tell when this happens because Windows will stop responding - I can still move the mouse and stuff but anything that needs disk operation won't work.
Sometimes when I try to turn the PC on again it won't react to the power switch being pressed for a while.
What can be causing this?
I have a few theories:
BIOS problem, ACPI malfunction, IDE/SATA controller malfunction, capacitor failure, PSU failure.
I've looked at the capacitors on the mobo and none show signs of bulging or leaking but it's weird that this problem has only just started happening in the last couple of months.
Thanks for any advice.
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