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For approximately 2 years I have used a home made system. It was rock solid with no problems. As soon as I upgraded to a new Western Digital 120GB hard drive I started experiencing hard locks. Convinced it must be the hard drive I then tried a 120GB Seagate hard drive with the exact same result.
I have tried a new graphics card, RAM, CPU and even a new more powerful PSU and new cooling fans. What is going on here? For some reason my system doesn't like 120GB hard drives. I have even flashed the BIOS with the same result. If I revert back to my 40GB Western Digital hard drive then the problem disappears. Logic would suggest its not a software problem.
All latest drivers from appropriate manufacturers. including Windows XP Professional updates.
Windows XP Professionsal SP1
AMD Duron 1GIG
120GB Western Digital HDD (Master) (Channel 1)
120GB Seagate HDD (Master) (Channel 2)
Samsung CD/RW (Slave) Channel 1
LG CD Rom (Slave) Channel 2
ECS K7VZA MOBO with newly flashed BOIS
nVidia GeForce 3 Graphics Card
I have tried a new graphics card, RAM, CPU and even a new more powerful PSU and new cooling fans. What is going on here? For some reason my system doesn't like 120GB hard drives. I have even flashed the BIOS with the same result. If I revert back to my 40GB Western Digital hard drive then the problem disappears. Logic would suggest its not a software problem.
All latest drivers from appropriate manufacturers. including Windows XP Professional updates.
Windows XP Professionsal SP1
AMD Duron 1GIG
120GB Western Digital HDD (Master) (Channel 1)
120GB Seagate HDD (Master) (Channel 2)
Samsung CD/RW (Slave) Channel 1
LG CD Rom (Slave) Channel 2
ECS K7VZA MOBO with newly flashed BOIS
nVidia GeForce 3 Graphics Card