Looks Like Hdd Failure

Post by **Nellyboy** » Sun Jun 20, 2010 11:32 pm

Looks like my WD black hdd went titsup. Back to the old sammy hdd for now, will test and rma the WD tomorrow.

Post by **Eagle** » Mon Jun 21, 2010 6:18 am

Unlucky m8

How long you had it?

Post by **Nellyboy** » Mon Jun 21, 2010 7:21 am

under a year. Luckily its warranted till 2014. Lost loads on it though.

Post by **Claw** » Mon Jun 21, 2010 5:07 pm

Ouch, sorry to hear that Nelly.

Post by **Nellyboy** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 7:13 am

Awww crap, now it loks like the GPU is boogered, strange lines over the screen, game breaking up with audio slowdown then lock.

I remember Eagle having issues with his 8800gt, what did you have to do Eagle?

Post by **Trig** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 9:25 am

More than one thing going in quick succession like this would normal point at another underlying issue.

Post by **Nellyboy** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 12:50 pm

Hmm, could be, my psu is a couple a yrs old. Might try that hdd again here at work before rma. Could have been a dodgy sata cable. I only tried it with the same cable.

Post by **Eagle** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 5:55 pm

My 8800gt is the Evga SSC edition which is factory overclocked.

However i began to get stability issues and found that slightly underclocking it solved my problem

Its still overclocked from standard but slightly under the setting for that model.

To achieve this I use Rivatuner.

Post by **Nellyboy** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 7:20 pm

I have installed the extra nvidia tools. My fan was set at 30%. Set iot to 65% now and its spinning faster but still quiet. Will give it a go tonight.

Post by **Eagle** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 7:27 pm

Rivatuner also allows the fan to spin faster as is required.

So it ramps up when it gets a bit hot and then calms down again when its not needed.

The onboard software is supposed to do that but its never been as good as using Rivatuner

Post by **Nellyboy** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 9:05 pm

Well I set the fan speed to 65 and it locked within 30 secs. Reboot and set to 100%, same vertical lines within 30 secs and lock solid.

My borked wd black 1tb drive seems to be ok now, had to use install dvd to format it then redid it from inside windows, all tests 100% fine.

I whipped my ati card out of my media centre and am using it now.

Not sure what to do next.

Post by **Claw** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 12:20 am

Which OS are you using?

Ambient room temperatures can knock a system over the edge like this - and some MS updates have been causing some systems to throw a wobbler.

This may be a daft question, but are the drivers for your kit manufacturer or MS? (Motherboard chipsets, etc.)

BIOS up to date?

Post by **Nellyboy** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 7:06 am

Win7 64 pro, tried drivers from win dvd, latest, older, older still. I have the ati hd4670 passive card in now and its just peachy. Must be hardware, I did a reformat and new install on a diff hdd, same thing.