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Harddrive Woes

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detrino

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I recently built a computer for someone using a Chaintech VNF-250, Athlon 64 2800+ and a Hitachi SATA 80GB. After about two weeks the harddrive started exhibiting problems. Upon bootup, Windows XP could not start because of missing files. I tried to backup as much as possible and reinstall. During format, the install crapped out (I had last seen progress past 50%) and indicated there was a problem with the harddrive. I went to Fry's and picked up a new 80GB Seagate drive. It had the same error. I have tried a new SATA connector and new SATA power connector on a different molex. The problem still persists. Any ideas?
 
No overclocking at all. Is there any chance the cheap power supply that came with the case is involved? Or is your money on the motherboard?
 
can you try an IDE drive? if the IDE drive works, and the system runs and runs stable, it would sound as if the SATA controller was being a bitch.
 
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