I have a new C2D setup with a gigabyte S3 and a SATA Seagate 320GB (parallel recording) hard drive. I currently installed windows for the 3rd time.
The first time I installed windows fine after installing a couple gigs worth of software the computer started to hang for a few seconds repeatedly when doing anything that may acess the hard disk. In a game for exmaple, once everything was in ram it ran smoothly. I ran Mem test with zero errors.
So, I thought maybe it was a software conflict so I thought I would try again, one program at a time. Again after about 10 gigs (I got further this time) it started to hang. I looked at my drive and it was very, very fragmented. I tried to defrag and the defrag would hang at 1% compacting files for about 15 minutes.
I turned off my computer moved it out from under my desk so I could look at it. I checked connection then booted back up. This time I was able to defrag, but it started to hang at 71% and when I went to restart the system would not start. I tried another SATA port on my MOBO and it still wouldn't start.
I just finished installing WinXP for the third time and I ran a complete disk check through windows scanning the surface and everything. It came up with zero errors.
During my second install I tried seagate's disk tools. I made a bootable floppy and it ran a quick test fine, but when it tried a more detailed scan I got errors. The computer said those errors could be due to memory, processor, chipset, or hard disk.
Anyone here have any ideas as to what may be causing this strange behavior? The fact that I can do a full format on the 80GB partition and that everything seems to run fine until about 10-15gig worth of stuff seems odd. Could it be that something in the hard disk is overworking or something? It doesn't feel hot. What could I test to distinguish between a hard disk error and a chipset error. Like I said, since I don't get this error until I hit many gigs it is a PITA to test.
Any help is appreciated.
The first time I installed windows fine after installing a couple gigs worth of software the computer started to hang for a few seconds repeatedly when doing anything that may acess the hard disk. In a game for exmaple, once everything was in ram it ran smoothly. I ran Mem test with zero errors.
So, I thought maybe it was a software conflict so I thought I would try again, one program at a time. Again after about 10 gigs (I got further this time) it started to hang. I looked at my drive and it was very, very fragmented. I tried to defrag and the defrag would hang at 1% compacting files for about 15 minutes.
I turned off my computer moved it out from under my desk so I could look at it. I checked connection then booted back up. This time I was able to defrag, but it started to hang at 71% and when I went to restart the system would not start. I tried another SATA port on my MOBO and it still wouldn't start.
I just finished installing WinXP for the third time and I ran a complete disk check through windows scanning the surface and everything. It came up with zero errors.
During my second install I tried seagate's disk tools. I made a bootable floppy and it ran a quick test fine, but when it tried a more detailed scan I got errors. The computer said those errors could be due to memory, processor, chipset, or hard disk.
Anyone here have any ideas as to what may be causing this strange behavior? The fact that I can do a full format on the 80GB partition and that everything seems to run fine until about 10-15gig worth of stuff seems odd. Could it be that something in the hard disk is overworking or something? It doesn't feel hot. What could I test to distinguish between a hard disk error and a chipset error. Like I said, since I don't get this error until I hit many gigs it is a PITA to test.
Any help is appreciated.
