Problems

[demon8991]

The old beast is on the way out i think...

Spec

Amd Barton 3200+
2gb Crucial 3200 DDR 400
Abit NF7
ATI X800XT PE 256mb
Enermax 480w
2 x WD 7200rpm (120gb & 80gb)

About 6 months ago the computer would completly lock up when playing music or watching a film (using the hard drive constantly) the HDD light stays on constantly and everything locks up, it sometimes jutters to a halt.

I reinstalled everything and formatted the other hard drive, and now its started to do it again but more frequently but it only ever seems to be when playing music on winamp or watching a film saved on my hard drive in media player.

What you guys think?

 

[demon8991]

Swapped my IDE cables last night as it happened again didnt have much of a chance to test it but it hasnt happened since, so ill see how that goes.

 

[demon8991]

Have defragged the other night so thats all sorted but was still having problems after that.

Yer i am going to run some diagnostics tonight but i am hoping that it was just a dodgy cable as it is very old and one of those rounded ones that i have read can cause problems.