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9600baud · 02-01-2005, 04:59 PM

Hi,

I've been having lots of problems w/ my computer the past few months, but luckily PCMech members have been able to get me thru them all. Now I've another problem.

I know most want all specs so here you go:
2x 120GB WD in Raid 0 using onboard RAID
Abit NF7-S2G
512 Mb CORSAIR XMS
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro
Win 2k Pro w/ all patches & latest DX

The problem is during gameplay, eventually the harddrives will "shut off" (the sound of them spinning down and "clicking" to store the head or whatever it does) and the system freezes. Sometimes it will reboot the machine on its own. Then the HDDs will spin back up and start up again.

Since its during gameplay, some will say heat. Thats not an issue for its doing it now whenever I try to start the game. Its not an issue also because there are fans blowing on them that make them cool to the touch, not even warm. CPU is a tepid 38C.

During normal usage, it will run flawlessly. Browse, etc... so... yea I'm stumped.

*EDIT* oh yea some people will say its the HDDs that are corrupt but I've ran Spinrite on them using the flipping each bit thing, Windows Scandisk, and have had 0 errors. not a single bad sector.

02-01-2005, 04:59 PM	#1
9600baud Member (8 bit) Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 246	Hard drive shuts off?... Hi, I've been having lots of problems w/ my computer the past few months, but luckily PCMech members have been able to get me thru them all. Now I've another problem. I know most want all specs so here you go: 2x 120GB WD in Raid 0 using onboard RAID Abit NF7-S2G 512 Mb CORSAIR XMS ATI Radeon 9800 Pro Win 2k Pro w/ all patches & latest DX The problem is during gameplay, eventually the harddrives will "shut off" (the sound of them spinning down and "clicking" to store the head or whatever it does) and the system freezes. Sometimes it will reboot the machine on its own. Then the HDDs will spin back up and start up again. Since its during gameplay, some will say heat. Thats not an issue for its doing it now whenever I try to start the game. Its not an issue also because there are fans blowing on them that make them cool to the touch, not even warm. CPU is a tepid 38C. During normal usage, it will run flawlessly. Browse, etc... so... yea I'm stumped. EDIT oh yea some people will say its the HDDs that are corrupt but I've ran Spinrite on them using the flipping each bit thing, Windows Scandisk, and have had 0 errors. not a single bad sector. Last edited by 9600baud; 02-01-2005 at 05:02 PM.