Hard Drive Failure - Power or Defect?

[Kevin]

I've got a 60GB Western Digital a little over a month old. Recently, it sounds like it shuts off then repowers on. Whenver the system is accessing it, naturally I'm frozen and have to do a hard reset. The hard drive seems to be the only one failing, although its the most noticeable. I just put it on its own molex connector that comes straight from the power supply, before it was on an extender. I'm hoping this will solve my problem, but if it doesn't could this be power issue or drive? I've got a cheapy 400watt Powmax (+3.3@28A, +5@30A, +12@25A, -5@0.3A, -12@0.8A, +5vsb@2A) and have wanted to upgrade to either an Antec or Enermax but never had a good enough reason.

Just need some opinions since I always overlook something...

 

[Maelsturm]

Same thing happened to my Maxtor, I RMA'd it and they sent me a working one.

 

[Kevin]

Did it happen often though? Mine seems to be sporadic. If it does it again on the dediacted power, then I'll look into an RMA ...

 

[Maelsturm]

Yeah it worked on and off several times a day during a 5 day span that I was troubleshooting it


it was one of those things where, without changing the configuration changing, the bios recognize sometimes and dont recognize it other times. Drives a troubleshooter mad

 

[Blain]

Would running WD's Data Lifeguard Tools help you out?
You might also take a look at their Knowledge Base FAQs

 

[Kevin]

Originally posted by: Blain
Would running WD's Data Lifeguard Tools help you out?
You might also take a look at their Knowledge Base FAQs

I guess if it happens again, I'll try it. So far, its been fine after I changed its power connector. I'm thinking the connector was loose because the drive would power down and no sooner power back up again, most of the time if my desk or the case shook. We're not talking about major shaking though, maybe a tap on the case just so it vibrates, or my desk shaking...