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daviddschool
Flightless Bird
I had a power surge about 3 weeks ago - lost a drive, now making
ticking noises. I had another two drive that seem to work
sporadically now. So, I thought it might have been my power supply.
Bought a tester and found out that all seems well. Next, I bought a
new hard drive and found that it was also acting up - making noises
like whirring up and down (like the other drives I thought were
dead). So I am starting to wonder if it is my mobo - but how can I
test this out?
I am using a dual boot - Win XP and Win 7 - both drives work and don't
work. Up and down. Right now my Win7 is working, but XP is not.
Maybe both drives are on their last legs or maybe it is just the MOBO
causing the issues - but now with a new drive, it is making the same
noises, so that tells me that it is something other than the drives --
I don't want to end up buying a new MOBO and find out it is something
else again!
Any suggestions?
Also, all my info is backed, so I am ok with playing at this point,
but I don't have another computer here to test this out on.
IS there a MOBO software test for XP?
ticking noises. I had another two drive that seem to work
sporadically now. So, I thought it might have been my power supply.
Bought a tester and found out that all seems well. Next, I bought a
new hard drive and found that it was also acting up - making noises
like whirring up and down (like the other drives I thought were
dead). So I am starting to wonder if it is my mobo - but how can I
test this out?
I am using a dual boot - Win XP and Win 7 - both drives work and don't
work. Up and down. Right now my Win7 is working, but XP is not.
Maybe both drives are on their last legs or maybe it is just the MOBO
causing the issues - but now with a new drive, it is making the same
noises, so that tells me that it is something other than the drives --
I don't want to end up buying a new MOBO and find out it is something
else again!
Any suggestions?
Also, all my info is backed, so I am ok with playing at this point,
but I don't have another computer here to test this out on.
IS there a MOBO software test for XP?