Power supply issue?

[husker4life]

Ive had 2 WD drives die on me, ive RMAed again and waiting on the 3rd WD drive to arrive next week, its a WD1200JB SE 120gb btw. Im currently using an old Maxtor 5400rpm drive from my old pc which is 5 years old and ive had ZERO problems with it in 6 months. Am i having a power supply issue(350w 21a on 12v) with the newer WD 7200rpm drive which is causing the drive to die from lack of power? Specs below thanks...

Athlon 64 3000+@2.0ghz(stock)
Evga 6800GT 350/1000(stock)
Asus K8N-E deluxe nforce 3 250gb mobo
pc3200 ddr400 1024MB(2x512) XMS Corsair memory
80GB IDE Maxtor HD
Lite-on DVD/CD RW
Sound blaster audigy 2 zs
Antec SLK3700-BQE Case with 350W PSU(21a on 12v)
Windows XP SP1, directx 9.0c, Nvidia 76.41 forceware drivers, nforce 5.10 mobo drivers

 

[imported_michaelpatrick33]

You shouldn't have a PSU issue with 21amps on the 12v rail if the PSU is operating normally, especially with no overclock.

 

[ts3433]

To see if it's a power problem, maybe try taking some things out or swapping them out for less-taxing components (take out things like your optical drive, sound card, and swap your video card for an old thing). There's a chance it might be a power-related issue, because that 21 amperes is an absolute maximum for that line (I have almost the same PSU in my 3700AMB)--you won't get that kind of maximum current unless the draw on the other lines is virtually nothing.

 

[imported_michaelpatrick33]

Originally posted by: ts3433
To see if it's a power problem, maybe try taking some things out or swapping them out for less-taxing components (take out things like your optical drive, sound card, and swap your video card for an old thing). There's a chance it might be a power-related issue, because that 21 amperes is an absolute maximum for that line (I have almost the same PSU in my 3700AMB)--you won't get that kind of maximum current unless the draw on the other lines is virtually nothing.

He has an older 5400rpm drive that is working properly for six months. The newer drive shouldn't use much more power than this drive but you are right 21amps could actually be around 10amps with all the other components.