Raptor damaged?

[hyg71886]

I was having problems with xp and vista, finally i got a new xp cd and tried to install xp to my raptor, but when i try to reformat it its telling me it could not finish because my drive my be damaged. What program can i use to check it, and should i wipe my 500gb drive in install windows on that for now? I tried dban and it didnt work

[shadowpr]

Download the diagnostics for it: http://support.wdc.com/download/index.asp?swid=1

Make sure it's the dos version.

[glc]

If DBAN wouldn't work on the Seagate 500, better run SeaTools on it too. If *BOTH* drives fail, it may not be coincidence, you may have a core hardware issue you need to troubleshoot and deal with - ram, flaky expansion card, power supply, or even motherboard or CPU.

[hyg71886]

downloaded the dos file for the raptor, looking for seatools now. Will try both and give the results, its sad when you spend 2k on a pc n the stuff like this happens.

[hyg71886]

tried to use the raptor dos file and got this message

virtual disk drive : c: (128 kb, 512 bytes, 512 entries)

cd-rom device driver for ide/atapi, ver 1.5 rev. 016

error: no cdrom drive found, please check power or cable
error: ide cd-rom device driver not installed

Caldrera dr-dos 7.05
copyright etc

A:\>echo off
NWCDEX.EXE Version 2.81 cd-rom file handler.
copyright etc
Driver not found: 'generic'
A:\NWCDEX.EXE requires a drive name to be specified
invalid drive specified
command or file name not recongnized
A:\>

Is this the right file, am i doing something wrong

[shadowpr]

This is the iso for the cd: http://websupport.wdc.com/rd.asp?p=sw30&t=122&lang=en&s=http://support.wdc.com/download/dlg/Diag504cCD.iso

[Cricket]

Did you replace the data cables to the drives yet?

:) Cricket

[hyg71886]

negitive i had the wrong image file, i got the test running, the quick test said no errors, now im running the extended then il run the zero write

[hyg71886]

during the extended test my comp locked up with 5:22 secs to go, tried to abort but it was deffinitly froze. Re started and now i cant get back to it, gonna try an xp install again and see what happens. trying to write zeros to drive il post the results

[glc]

I think you have a core hardware issue like I've already suspected. You sure the CPU heatsink is properly installed? What is the CPU temperature in the bios?

[hyg71886]

I fixed it, everything is working fine now. i had to zero the drive and do a clean install. I think it was because i had did so many xp, vista installs on it(im talkin 7 of both at least). And it just had files left over on it. Now im ready to get back to the task i was at, overclocking lol. Thanks for the help everyone, i luv this site:)