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Something's Wrong, But What?

ronbo613

ronbo613

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Something is not right with the computer in my sig. The onboard sound has started intermittently cutting out and buzzing, especially while gaming. One of my HGST hard drives has started Kicking out a MFT bitmap attribute error. CHDSK will fix it and I think rebooting will as well. There have also been some little things like menu bar settings changing in Firefox. All these things have started happening since Windows 10 failed to install and reverted back to Windows 7.

So, might the aging motherboard dying, do I have a collection of unrelated random issues, or has the failed Windows 10 installation screwed things up?
 
ronbo613 said:
Something is not right with the computer in my sig. The onboard sound has started intermittently cutting out and buzzing, especially while gaming. One of my HGST hard drives has started Kicking out a MFT bitmap attribute error. CHDSK will fix it and I think rebooting will as well. There have also been some little things like menu bar settings changing in Firefox. All these things have started happening since Windows 10 failed to install and reverted back to Windows 7.

So, might the aging motherboard dying, do I have a collection of unrelated random issues, or has the failed Windows 10 installation screwed things up?
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have you run SFC or chkdsk?
 
How far did the Windows 10 attempt get?

The reason I ask is that I have heard people say that when they revert from Windows 10 back to the last OS, the drivers have a hard time reverting back.

So you may want to try re-installing video/chipset drivers.

If you run chkdsk now, will it find an error? If you restart and run again, will it find an error again? That indicates a problem with your file system.
 
have you run SFC or chkdsk?
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I ran CHKDSK on the problem drive; it found and repaired the MFT bitmap attribute error(s). Normally, I would think corrupt file system and the drive is failing.

If you restart and run again, will it find an error again?
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I'm not 100% sure about this because I've only done it once, but I think rebooting actually "fixes" the disc file error problem. I was backing up to the drive using SyncBack, which failed due to disc errors. I rebooted, ran SyncBack again and it worked. Stuff like that makes me suspect the operating system has been jumbled somehow.

run sfc /scannow
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That will probably be next after the extended SMART test on the suspect hard drive.
 
So far, I think I may have corrupted audio drivers and a failing hard drive. It keeps spitting out file system errors so I have to assume the drive is shot. I forgot to mention the boot drive is a relatively new Samsung 850 so I might add that into the issue.

Kind of disappointed with the hard drive failing. It's an Hitachi Deskstar NAS 4TB, less than two years old. I've switched over from WD to HGST lately but I've had two HGST drives with problems, so I'm starting to lose confidence.

Maybe the power supply is going?
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I hope not.
 
ronbo613 said:
So far, I think I may have corrupted audio drivers and a failing hard drive. It keeps spitting out file system errors so I have to assume the drive is shot. I forgot to mention the boot drive is a relatively new Samsung 850 so I might add that into the issue.

Kind of disappointed with the hard drive failing. It's an Hitachi Deskstar NAS 4TB, less than two years old. I've switched over from WD to HGST lately but I've had two HGST drives with problems, so I'm starting to lose confidence.

I hope not.
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How long is the warranty on the HGST? Hopefully it has the 3-year.
 
Ketchup said:
How long is the warranty on the HGST? Hopefully it has the 3-year.
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Yes, its got the three year warranty. I've never had to deal with HGST warranty service before so we'll see how that goes. The large capacity hard drives are great for storage, but when they fail, it's a lot of work getting everything straightened out.

A couple of hard drives disappeared, then reappeared on reboot and I've had some graphics malfunction that seized the computer, I'm starting to get a bad feeling.
 
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A couple of hard drives disappeared, then reappeared on reboot and I've had some graphics malfunction that seized the computer, I'm starting to get a bad feeling.
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Yeah, could be PSU going... or mobo. Try swapping in a known-good PSU and see if those problems go away.
 
I'm going to suspect the mobo.

And there is that name again, even though I'm really not wanting to slam em, but I've had many problems in the past with them dying.
 
Yep, I think it's the classic PSU or mobo problem. They are both about six years old and I don't know how long motherboards and PSUs are supposed to last these days, but I suspect that they are old enough to die of old age.

Nothing bad has happened in the past day or so, it's a weird problem; the definition of intermittent. Things seem to go south after the computer has been on a while, almost like something overheating, but all the temps are normal.

I think I have a spare PSU around, I'll try to find it and see if that answers any questions. Or, I may buy a new one, try it out and if the problems persist I'll go ahead and buy a new motherboard and CPU to go with it.
 
ronbo613 said:
Yep, I think it's the classic PSU or mobo problem.

I think I have a spare PSU around, I'll try to find it and see if that answers any questions. Or, I may buy a new one, try it out and if the problems persist I'll go ahead and buy a new motherboard and CPU to go with it.
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That sounds like a good plan to me.
 
I've just learned that a bad motherboard can cause hard drive file system errors. Maybe my hard drive that suddenly started having file system errors is not the hard drive going bad, but another clue that the motherboard might be.

I don't think I've ever had a motherboard go bad, although saying that will probably put the kiss of death on the computer.
 
It may be a coincidence, but ever since removing Windows 10 GXP and all related updates, I have not had a single computer issue.

Knock on wood.
 
Seems to be the BS Win 10 crap after reading everything. You could always do a repair install as well if things are still crap. A repair install will not delete your data. Only bring Windows back to its former self.
 
ronbo613 said:
I've just learned that a bad motherboard can cause hard drive file system errors. Maybe my hard drive that suddenly started having file system errors is not the hard drive going bad, but another clue that the motherboard might be.

I don't think I've ever had a motherboard go bad, although saying that will probably put the kiss of death on the computer.
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A bad DRAM module can also cause file corruption errors, so running a MEMTEST86+ or Windows memory diagnostic might not be a bad idea. If you have more than one module, you might try just running on one for a while, then swap to the other and do the same.
 
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