antidote Posted January 5, 2004 Report Share Posted January 5, 2004 hi allwell seems my new harddrive is on the way out again only had it bout a monthstarted to make a loud thumbing noise always seems to be on the night timei do a scan disk reports back no errors or bad sectors i even use the boot diskfor my hd which i dl of the site an scand my hd an found nothing wrong i justdont know what it is thats causeing my hds to go like this got through about9 now in less than 12months an stll my internet wont disconnect properley sumtimesicon will just freeze in the tool bar could my modem or modem software becauseing damage to my hds or could a fault with a montior cause damagethanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moon Posted January 5, 2004 Report Share Posted January 5, 2004 9 is a tad more than bad luck.Are you driving in the retaining screws too far when you fit them ? It's critical.Edit : Is your PSU supplying the correct voltage ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antidote Posted January 5, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2004 there short little black screws i never screw them in to hard iv even trydnot putin in screws i think my psu is 300 watts or 350 i now its no lowerthan 300 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nellie2 Posted January 5, 2004 Report Share Posted January 5, 2004 You say the noise starts in the night time.... how long has your pc been on when this happens. I'm thinking overheating here :huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antidote Posted January 5, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2004 i ust to have a fan right in front of the harddrive but didnt make any differencemy computers on 24/7 i have a fan now underneath the harddrive blowing upwards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moon Posted January 5, 2004 Report Share Posted January 5, 2004 If you have a multimeter take off the power connector to the drive and test the supply. Red to black should give you +5v and yellow to black should give you +12v. A 'Y' connector in the supply might divide the supply and underpower the drive. Digital multimeters can be had for a couple of quid. :) A failing, or overtaxed, PSU will deliver incorrect voltages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antidote Posted January 5, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2004 hmm i will have to get one of those give it a try i have had to differentcomputers aswell but still happend in my old one really feel like givingup on my computer all together :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moon Posted January 5, 2004 Report Share Posted January 5, 2004 Well, if it's happened across machines then that's unlikely to be the cause.These failed drives are all different makes, I take it ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antidote Posted January 5, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2004 my first 8 were maxtors my new one now is an ibm im not to sure buti might have had more than 9 :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted January 5, 2004 Report Share Posted January 5, 2004 I seem to recall from your previous post that these drives were bought at a computer fair. Have you tried taking any of them back to see what the supplier says about this catalogue of disasters? Are these drives claimed to be new?New drives have a one year manufacturers guarantee (at least). A "reliable" supplier would honour that and also offer some explanation as to what is happening in your continuing saga of drive failures.I have used dozens of Maxtor drives and found them all completely reliable, running for years without a problem. To have nine of them fail in succession is very suspicious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antidote Posted January 5, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2004 iv tryd it all new old from different places still no look could any faulty wireing cause this say the lead from the monitor to the tower or a faultymonitor i have my surspeshions my modem or modem software is causeing it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moon Posted January 5, 2004 Report Share Posted January 5, 2004 Run a full test at Pitstop from HERE and use the Tech Express link when you've finished to link us to your results. :) Just post the address here and we'll sort you out. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antidote Posted January 5, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2004 ok here you go think this is right http://www.pcpitstop.com/pcpitstop/Summary.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moon Posted January 5, 2004 Report Share Posted January 5, 2004 Nah, wrong link. You've got to use Tech Express to mail yourself the addy , then post it here. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antidote Posted January 5, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2004 think this is it hopefully lol! http://www.pcpitstop.com/techexpress.asp?id=GHAPKWBULBMSJPM3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moon Posted January 5, 2004 Report Share Posted January 5, 2004 Fine. Take the 'tips' one by one and rectify the faults. Then run the tests again and repost. 79% fragmentation is a bit monstrous but I doubt if that's causing noise in the drive. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Grim Reaper Posted January 5, 2004 Report Share Posted January 5, 2004 i think that it would cause a nasty clatter during HDD intensive tasks though!Does SMART show anything?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moon Posted January 5, 2004 Report Share Posted January 5, 2004 i think that it would cause a nasty clatter during HDD intensive tasks though!:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antidote Posted January 5, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2004 79% fragmentationiv been advised to restart my computer in safe mode an defrag with voptxp overnight for about 3 to 5 nights to bring this downi think that it would cause a nasty clatter during HDD intensive tasks though!saying that it does make that clatter sound when i use serten programs that usealot of the harddrive when opening them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moon Posted January 5, 2004 Report Share Posted January 5, 2004 Vopt is the best, imo, and works best in safe mode. You could also download Diskeeper Lite, for free, and run that a few times. I should uninstall it afterwards though as I think it's a bit of a resource hog, whether it's on 'auto' or not. You can always reinstall it from file when you need it again. In my pitifully narrow experience it's always best to use more than one defragger. Like registry cleaners, one will always find something that another misses. :) PS. There's no way Vopt is gonna take 3-5 days. It ain't Windows 98 defragger. :DPPS If you get your other 8 HDD's back and defrag them you stand to make a few bob. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark2 Posted January 5, 2004 Report Share Posted January 5, 2004 As a free background defragger you could try Buzzsaw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted January 5, 2004 Report Share Posted January 5, 2004 79% defragmentation - Cor Blimey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!How on earth do you achieve that???????????????????????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antidote Posted January 5, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2004 PS. There's no way Vopt is gonna take 3-5 days. It ain't Windows 98 defraggeri thught that an said it only takes about half an hour to defrag so he said justdefrag about 5 to 7 times in a row iv still got 4 of the other faulty hds how do you start up ur computer in safe mode he said to press F8 when rebooting butdidnt work in no longer gunna use voptxp as its trialware so got my hands ona special copy of o&o defrag v6 professional edition ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antidote Posted January 6, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2004 well guys done a defrag just finnished in safe mode i decided to usevoptxp did another pitstop test an results are as followed http://www.pcpitstop.com/techexpress.asp?id=GHAPKWBULBMSJPM3 when i defrag with the normal defrag app it takes half an hour thedefrag i just done with voptxp in safe mode took about 5 an a half hoursso will be useing voptxp from now on cause it does a better job :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moon Posted January 6, 2004 Report Share Posted January 6, 2004 Now try tackling some of that build up of junk files. 'Easy Cleaner' is a safe little tool ( in the right hands :D ) and it's free from Toni ArtsSave your download to a safe folder ( I created one in 'My Documents' and called it 'Quarantine' ) Check the download with your virus scanner then install it. Run the ' Unneccessary Files' tab and delete them all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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