Seagate Hard Drive Problem

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Hi,

I am hoping somebody can help here!

I recently purchased a new Seagate 320GB HD but i am having serious problems trying to install it.

I managed to install windows but after a while it started making clicking noises. It would click a few times and then the computer would just hang. I reformatted the hard drive and tried to install windows again. During the installation, it started clicking again, nothing was even installed on it.

I have run seagates diagnostics tool and it has picked up no problems. I am assuming there may be some other hardware issue that is causing the hard drive to click.

The previous drive i used had the exact same problem. I purchased the seagte HD in the hope that this problem would go away! but to no avail!

I am running an AMD 3200XP on a Asus A79NX E- Deluxe with 1024 Ram


Please help me if you can! Thanks a lot!
 
i don't know what the experts on here will say, but it sounds like it could be the mtherboard to me. if it's happened to 2 drives. you don't say what interface they are, are they SATA or IDE?

matt
 
matt2000 said:
i don't know what the experts on here will say, but it sounds like it could be the mtherboard to me. if it's happened to 2 drives. you don't say what interface they are, are they SATA or IDE?
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Also possibly PSU?

Matt, might wanna have a look at the FAQ :)
 
Few years ago i had the same symptoms with various hard drives in a PC i was repairing, turned out to be a bad True power 430W PSU. Have seen quite a few dead 430W client models, at least 11 over the years, not much dead 550s but it can happen, have mostly avoided Antec since then. My own 330W and 430W True Power psus no longer exist due to similar deaths.
 
Is it still in warranty?

If you're not happy with it, bang it smartly off the carpet (ie: PCB down), then RMA it.

If you do it right, you won't leave any signs of abuse.

Of course, I have never done this before...:o
 
Justintime said:
Few years ago i had the same symptoms with various hard drives in a PC i was repairing, turned out to be a bad True power 430W PSU. Have seen quite a few dead 430W client models, at least 11 over the years, not much dead 550s but it can happen, have mostly avoided Antec since then. My own 330W and 430W True Power psus no longer exist due to similar deaths.
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How would i know its dead?

Any signs to look out for? Noise? Visual?..Smell?!?! Is there a tool i can use?


Your help is appreciated. I did suspect it as the power supply.
 
havocas said:
How would i know its dead?

Any signs to look out for? Noise? Visual?..Smell?!?! Is there a tool i can use?
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Jam a multimeter into a molex connector. black and red should be 5v black and yellow should be 12v; if its more than 10% off, or moving up and down a lot then its the PSU at fault.
 
havocas said:
How would i know its dead?

Any signs to look out for? Noise? Visual?..Smell?!?! Is there a tool i can use?


Your help is appreciated. I did suspect it as the power supply.
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Sometimes it may appear to give ok voltages but it might not be clean or it might droop heavily under load etc.. best way is to try another psu tbh.
 
Seems to have worked. Put my old PSU in and everything is working fine.

Strange really, I purchased an Antec on the back of their reliability
 
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