Pc Problems

spence00 · 07-20-2005, 02:07 AM

Hi I used to have a p4 1.5 ghtz pc i bought from tiny about 3 years ago.
At the weekend i installed a new motherboard and p4 3ghtz chip with 512 ram
my pc is running slow on booting up and my hard disk its making that grinding noise when a pc is too slow or sommat
and now i turn on my pc and it boots to xp splash screen blue screen flashes up quickly then pc re boots, please help COULD IT BE MY HARD DISK THAT IS BROKE?

**petercj** · 07-20-2005, 02:56 AM

>>"my pc is running slow on booting up and my hard disk its making that grinding noise when a pc is too slow or sommat"<<

Hi

Is it actually "grinding" or whirring a lot?

Have you re-installed windows?

Have you cleared the BIOS?

Peter

spence00 · 07-20-2005, 03:08 AM

its like a grinding noise!! i have re installed windows twice now and it stil has done it :-( its a 60gb drive but it come with the p4 1.5 ghtz windows millenium on it..

any ideas mate
thanks

**Terrister** · 07-20-2005, 07:01 AM

How large a power supply do you have?

Check here to see if it is large enough. http://www.jscustompcs.com/power_sup....php?cmd=INTEL

**petercj** · 07-20-2005, 08:01 AM

You have done a pretty large upgrade so check out your PSU as suggested by Terrister first, but if that doesn't throw any light on the issue I would suggest downloading the hard-drive manufacturer's diagnostic utility (free from their website) and running it to check the drive out. You can use the same software to zero the drive completely and start afresh with installing windows, but I'm not sure that will help the "grinding" issue.

Is there any warranty left on the drive? Some have 3 or even 5 years on them?

Peter

07-20-2005, 02:07 AM	#1 (permalink)
spence00 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 6 OS: xp	Pc Problems Hi I used to have a p4 1.5 ghtz pc i bought from tiny about 3 years ago. At the weekend i installed a new motherboard and p4 3ghtz chip with 512 ram my pc is running slow on booting up and my hard disk its making that grinding noise when a pc is too slow or sommat and now i turn on my pc and it boots to xp splash screen blue screen flashes up quickly then pc re boots, please help COULD IT BE MY HARD DISK THAT IS BROKE?

07-20-2005, 07:01 AM	#4 (permalink)
Terrister Moderator Hardware Forum Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: West Georgia, USA Posts: 6,919 OS: Xp	How large a power supply do you have? Check here to see if it is large enough. http://www.jscustompcs.com/power_sup....php?cmd=INTEL __________________

07-20-2005, 02:56 AM	#2 (permalink)
petercj UK Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: South Coast UK Posts: 905 OS: Win XP Pro/XP Home/98se/Suse Linux 9.1 & Xandros 3 Deluxe	>>"my pc is running slow on booting up and my hard disk its making that grinding noise when a pc is too slow or sommat"<< Hi Is it actually "grinding" or whirring a lot? Have you re-installed windows? Have you cleared the BIOS? Peter

07-20-2005, 03:08 AM	#3 (permalink)
spence00 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 6 OS: xp	its like a grinding noise!! i have re installed windows twice now and it stil has done it :-( its a 60gb drive but it come with the p4 1.5 ghtz windows millenium on it.. any ideas mate thanks

07-20-2005, 08:01 AM	#5 (permalink)
petercj UK Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: South Coast UK Posts: 905 OS: Win XP Pro/XP Home/98se/Suse Linux 9.1 & Xandros 3 Deluxe	You have done a pretty large upgrade so check out your PSU as suggested by Terrister first, but if that doesn't throw any light on the issue I would suggest downloading the hard-drive manufacturer's diagnostic utility (free from their website) and running it to check the drive out. You can use the same software to zero the drive completely and start afresh with installing windows, but I'm not sure that will help the "grinding" issue. Is there any warranty left on the drive? Some have 3 or even 5 years on them? Peter