Desperate: 3rd hard drive crash in 1 month

Kim Jespersen · 11-03-2008, 03:46 PM

Hi all

I'm desperate so I really hope somebody here will be able to help me

Short description
My Maxtor and Seagate 500 Gig SATA hard drives keep crashing but never while the computer is in operation, always when I try to boot.

Hardware:
Motherboard: Asus P5E-VM HDMI
Ram: 4 gig Corsair XMS2 800 Mhz
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E4700
Tower: Antec Veris Fusion 430w

Software:
Windows Vista 32 Bit
Office 2007
NOD32 Anti-virus (Latest version I guess)
I don't think anything else would be running unless I activate it.

In the beginning of September my Maxtor Diamondmax 22 500 Gb crashed and I took it to a professional and the drive was spinning but it was not connecting, which usually means dead.
Then I got another Maxtor Diamondmax 22 500 Gb and it died on the 22nd of October and tonight my Seagate 500 Gb died.

I have noticed that at times the hard drive and CPU is working hard, even if Im not working on the computer or at least working at a minimum like watching a music video, running Winamp etc. Which means that the computer is doing something but I don't have a clue to what it would be doing.

Is my Vista killing my hard drives or is something else doing it? Does Seagate/Maxtor have a problem?
I really don't know what to do

I have been building computer both my own and for friends for 12 years now and I have never had a hard drive crash until September 2008.

TIA
Kim

Tumbleweed36 · 11-03-2008, 05:41 PM

What video card are you running on this rig?

Kim Jespersen · 11-03-2008, 06:05 PM

Intel X3500 I guess

http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?mo...=11&l3=584&l4=

Could that be what's killing my hard drives?

Tumbleweed36 · 11-03-2008, 06:29 PM

The link you have given is to another motherboard. Why I wanted to know about the video card was to see if everything is getting enough power.

Kim Jespersen · 11-03-2008, 06:40 PM

Ok but my motherboard is the P5E-VM HDMI and I have no additional cards.

Tumbleweed36 · 11-03-2008, 06:54 PM

Sorry this is taking some time, but we need more info to understand what you have going on here. When you say the hard drive died, do you actually mean it became totally unusable, or do you mean that it crashed. Help us on this so we know what you are saying. If it became unusable, then what did you take to remedy that situation? Did you try a diagnostic, or was it a S.M.A.R.T. error message?

11-03-2008, 03:46 PM	#1 (permalink)
Kim Jespersen Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 4 OS: Vista 32	Desperate: 3rd hard drive crash in 1 month Hi all I'm desperate so I really hope somebody here will be able to help me Short description My Maxtor and Seagate 500 Gig SATA hard drives keep crashing but never while the computer is in operation, always when I try to boot. Hardware: Motherboard: Asus P5E-VM HDMI Ram: 4 gig Corsair XMS2 800 Mhz CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E4700 Tower: Antec Veris Fusion 430w Software: Windows Vista 32 Bit Office 2007 NOD32 Anti-virus (Latest version I guess) I don't think anything else would be running unless I activate it. In the beginning of September my Maxtor Diamondmax 22 500 Gb crashed and I took it to a professional and the drive was spinning but it was not connecting, which usually means dead. Then I got another Maxtor Diamondmax 22 500 Gb and it died on the 22nd of October and tonight my Seagate 500 Gb died. I have noticed that at times the hard drive and CPU is working hard, even if Im not working on the computer or at least working at a minimum like watching a music video, running Winamp etc. Which means that the computer is doing something but I don't have a clue to what it would be doing. Is my Vista killing my hard drives or is something else doing it? Does Seagate/Maxtor have a problem? I really don't know what to do I have been building computer both my own and for friends for 12 years now and I have never had a hard drive crash until September 2008. TIA Kim Last edited by Kim Jespersen; 11-03-2008 at 03:57 PM.

11-03-2008, 05:41 PM	#2 (permalink)
Tumbleweed36 Asst Manager Hardware Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA Posts: 19,650 OS: XP Professional	Re: Desperate: 3rd hard drive crash in 1 month What video card are you running on this rig? __________________ ---------- I don't receive email notifications of replies to subscribed threads. (Internet provider policy) Therefore, if I don't respond to your post within 24 hours, please send me a reminder PM and include the link to your thread.

11-03-2008, 06:05 PM	#3 (permalink)
Kim Jespersen Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 4 OS: Vista 32	Re: Desperate: 3rd hard drive crash in 1 month Intel X3500 I guess http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?mo...=11&l3=584&l4= Could that be what's killing my hard drives?

11-03-2008, 06:29 PM	#4 (permalink)
Tumbleweed36 Asst Manager Hardware Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA Posts: 19,650 OS: XP Professional	Re: Desperate: 3rd hard drive crash in 1 month The link you have given is to another motherboard. Why I wanted to know about the video card was to see if everything is getting enough power. __________________ ---------- I don't receive email notifications of replies to subscribed threads. (Internet provider policy) Therefore, if I don't respond to your post within 24 hours, please send me a reminder PM and include the link to your thread.

11-03-2008, 06:40 PM	#5 (permalink)
Kim Jespersen Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 4 OS: Vista 32	Re: Desperate: 3rd hard drive crash in 1 month Ok but my motherboard is the P5E-VM HDMI and I have no additional cards.

11-03-2008, 06:54 PM	#6 (permalink)
Tumbleweed36 Asst Manager Hardware Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA Posts: 19,650 OS: XP Professional	Re: Desperate: 3rd hard drive crash in 1 month Sorry this is taking some time, but we need more info to understand what you have going on here. When you say the hard drive died, do you actually mean it became totally unusable, or do you mean that it crashed. Help us on this so we know what you are saying. If it became unusable, then what did you take to remedy that situation? Did you try a diagnostic, or was it a S.M.A.R.T. error message? __________________ ---------- I don't receive email notifications of replies to subscribed threads. (Internet provider policy) Therefore, if I don't respond to your post within 24 hours, please send me a reminder PM and include the link to your thread. Last edited by Tumbleweed36; 11-03-2008 at 06:56 PM.