I just put together the following system. It posts and runs fine for a while. At least once a day, the hard drives slow to a crawl then start giving me I/O errors. I then boot with the WD Diagnostic CD, and it says that the drives (usually the boot drive, but sometimes both) have failed, giving me tons or errors. If I unplug one of them, then reboot, either drive tests out fine. When the machine is running fine, there are no such errors on either drive when I immediately reboot and run the WD Diagnostic CD. I?ve changed the SATA cables, no help.
I?m thinking it?s the power supply. A Corsair 750 will be here tomorrow to replace the Enermax. Am I on the right track with an underpowered PS, or is there something wrong with another component?
My system:
Windows XP SP2
GIGABYTE GZ-XA1CA-STB Black Front bezel : Aluminum Body : SECC ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
MSI K9A2 Platinum AM2+/AM2 AMD 790FX ATX AMD Motherboard
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ Windsor 2.6GHz 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket AM2 89W Dual-Core Processor
Scythe SCSMZ-1100 92mm Sleeve CPU Cooler
(4) 1GB 240-PIN 128Mx64 DDR2 PC2-6400 UNBUFF CL6
(2) VisionTek - ATI RADEON HD3870 Graphics Card (Best Buy OC Ed.) (Not Crossfired)
(2) Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD6400AAKS 640GB SATA 3.0Gb/s HDs
(1) LG IDE DVD Burner GSA-H42N
(1) 120gb Western Digital External USB Drive
ENERMAX Liberty ELT500AWT 500W ATX12V Power Supply
+3.3V@28A, +5V@30A, +12V1@22A, +12V2@22A, -12V@0.6A, +5VSB@3A
Edit: Right now C Driver is getting the error code: "0007 "test completed with read element failure", and the OS will not boot.
I?m thinking it?s the power supply. A Corsair 750 will be here tomorrow to replace the Enermax. Am I on the right track with an underpowered PS, or is there something wrong with another component?
My system:
Windows XP SP2
GIGABYTE GZ-XA1CA-STB Black Front bezel : Aluminum Body : SECC ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
MSI K9A2 Platinum AM2+/AM2 AMD 790FX ATX AMD Motherboard
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ Windsor 2.6GHz 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket AM2 89W Dual-Core Processor
Scythe SCSMZ-1100 92mm Sleeve CPU Cooler
(4) 1GB 240-PIN 128Mx64 DDR2 PC2-6400 UNBUFF CL6
(2) VisionTek - ATI RADEON HD3870 Graphics Card (Best Buy OC Ed.) (Not Crossfired)
(2) Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD6400AAKS 640GB SATA 3.0Gb/s HDs
(1) LG IDE DVD Burner GSA-H42N
(1) 120gb Western Digital External USB Drive
ENERMAX Liberty ELT500AWT 500W ATX12V Power Supply
+3.3V@28A, +5V@30A, +12V1@22A, +12V2@22A, -12V@0.6A, +5VSB@3A
Edit: Right now C Driver is getting the error code: "0007 "test completed with read element failure", and the OS will not boot.
