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This has been happening for about a month now.
Running XP Pro SP3 fully updated on Q6600 Quadcore 2.4Ghz, 2GB DDR2 RAM, Asus P5Q mobo, ATI 4850 512mb, 2x 500gb HDD.
Randomly -even if the machine is idling- the computer locks up for a secord or two, but then recovers and resumes whatever it was doing. It can be anywhere from 5 min gaps to 30min gaps.
Each time it happens I get something in the event log:
Type: Error
User: N/A
Source: Disk
Category: None
Event ID: 11
Description: The driver detected a controller error on \Device\Harddisk0\D
So I ran error checks, defrags and scoured the net for driver updates. None made a difference.
I went to the manufactors website (Hitachi) and downloaded their disk checking software on a bootable ISO.
After running advanced "deep" checks on both disks the software said no problems were detected, but the freezing still happens. Curiously, however, no more error logs have been created since running the disk check software...
As a last resort I've opened the machine up and pulled out all the hardware bit by bit, given it a good clean and put the computer back together again. Still nothing.
I've backed up all the important stuff on the disks to a spare HDD just incase.
Any ideas?
PS: A complete format and reinstall of windows would be my very last option.
Running XP Pro SP3 fully updated on Q6600 Quadcore 2.4Ghz, 2GB DDR2 RAM, Asus P5Q mobo, ATI 4850 512mb, 2x 500gb HDD.
Randomly -even if the machine is idling- the computer locks up for a secord or two, but then recovers and resumes whatever it was doing. It can be anywhere from 5 min gaps to 30min gaps.
Each time it happens I get something in the event log:
Type: Error
User: N/A
Source: Disk
Category: None
Event ID: 11
Description: The driver detected a controller error on \Device\Harddisk0\D
So I ran error checks, defrags and scoured the net for driver updates. None made a difference.
I went to the manufactors website (Hitachi) and downloaded their disk checking software on a bootable ISO.
After running advanced "deep" checks on both disks the software said no problems were detected, but the freezing still happens. Curiously, however, no more error logs have been created since running the disk check software...
As a last resort I've opened the machine up and pulled out all the hardware bit by bit, given it a good clean and put the computer back together again. Still nothing.
I've backed up all the important stuff on the disks to a spare HDD just incase.
Any ideas?
PS: A complete format and reinstall of windows would be my very last option.
that it managed to sort.