HELP! =o

[dchoi47]

I was upgrading the hard drive for a Toshiba Tecra 8100 to 40GB...

After putting in the new hard drive, the computer started to show signs of problems.

eg...
-I/O problem
-computer started beeping
-computer would shut off by itself after 30-60 seconds while loading windows

After trying to put in the old drive, the computer was still doing the same thing.

Now.. I think that there are some possible causes to this...

-The hard drives touched while I had them both out of the laptop and felt the magnetic pull between the drives... Could this cause a problem like this?

-The old hard drive was rated at 5V, 1.0A and the new one is rated at 5V, 500mA. Could this be the cause?

Please help!!! =/

 

[aGreenAgent]

While I don't think the pull itself would do anything that a format couldn't fix, it couldn't help.

 

[FlyingPenguin]

I find it hard to believe touching the drives did anyrhing. I stack drives on top of each other all the time.

More likely is that you loosened or damaged something while you were inside the computer. Happens all the time. It's easy to bang into something when you're pulling a hard drive.

Is this beeping happening before POST or while the computer is running in Windows? Could be a temperature alarm.

- Pull and reseat you RAM.

- Pull all ribbon cables and reconnect them (this cleans corrosion off the contacts).

- Make sure the heatsink on the CPU wasn't dislodged and sitting uneven. Make sure it's flush fitted to the CPU.

Hope this helps...

 

[montag451]

What do you mean the 'hard drives pulled'.

The drive heads use electromagnets, which mean that the magnetism is relatively negligible till they are plugged in.
Are you sure it wasn't 'gravity'.

Anyway, if there is a problem, do what flying penguin suggests.
It is possible to short out the boards by touching two of them together, although you would have to be pretty unlucky to short out one, never mind both if they were both disconnected