What are the chances of two HD's going at once

amdwolfman

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I don't know but just a little while ago I started having random reboots and system crashes. I have done numerous reformats with both hd's. I'm currently just running my WD 160gig. It seems to be running fine. I was also using an 80gig Maxtor along with my 160. Then I started to have some glitches, random reboots, BSOD, kliking sound from somewhere in my case then it would reboot. Even now when I'm in a multiplayer game online and want to quit and go back to windows it reboots, but not everytime. I'm stumped, I got a guy pissed at me for not taking and listening to his point of view about it. Any feedback is grateful. Thx
 

xtknight

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It might just be your IDE controller going bad on a faulty motherboard. Well the clicking noises though, are usually hard disks so it's hard to say, no pun intended...

You haven't tried reinstalling Windows yet right? Not saying you should, but I just wondered?
 

Bozono

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Sounds like faulty RAM. The clicking noise is consistent with some computers boot process. I'd run Memtest off a floppy first.
 

Bozono

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Originally posted by: amdwolfman
Do u need a floppy drive to run MEMTest?. I don't own one.


You can run it off a CD as well.

Scroll down on this page until you see "ISO for bootable CD Image".
 

dunkster

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Random restarts suck - and they don't help determine what's wrong. Change settings so Windows halts to blue screen with error message with indication of why it crashed. If you don't know how, enter Help and use search-string 'windows restart' for directions.

Resolve your situation by discrete testing.

Memtest86 is the best way to resolve unstable RAM settings (timings, command rate, mem frequency and voltage).

For the WD drive, download 'Western Digital Data Lifeguard Diagnostics'. For the Maxtor drive, whatever equivalent diagnostic utility they offer. Both can be run from CD or floppy.

If those tests are clean, run Prime95 to test CPU stability - or just bump Vcore one step up.

Hope this helps!