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PC PROBLEM PLEASE HELP
Zombie9920:
quote:Originally posted by KiDwithIsSuEs 00:
I meant that
Every OS I have tried that I can relate to doesnt work because My PC Freezes at times
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Sometimes on im my PC on XP or Linux and I hear this click, 2 seconds later my HD freezes, I restart it Says Primary HD not Found [ I have one HD ] Then I restart Again and I get this - <==| In the upper Right corner, If I restart a few More times I get the whole screen filled with this ^^^^^ In white text, and the BG Color Keeps Switching from Grey/Back every second....
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Any Ideas What is Wrong ?
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Try switching the power lead connector that you are using for your hard drive. The lead connector on it right now may have a short in it. It could also be a problem with the power input of the hard drive. That click you are talking about is probably your hard drive losing power and shutting off(which will cause your comp to lock up). The reason why it says no drive found when you hit reset is because the drive never powered back on.
I've ran into this problem in the past a few times(on customer computers that were brought into the shop). One time it was being caused by the hard drive being on the same connector current as the front case fan(the drive was plugged in with the splitter lead of the fan). After unplugging it from that connector and connecting it to a different lead on the PSU(one not plugged into a case fan) the problem was solved. Another time I encountered this and it ended up being a physical problem with the drive. I had to disassemble the drive and re-solder the power input source on the drive...and sure enough the problem was fixed(it was being caused by 1 pin on the controller board that was somehow broken loose).
Anyways, if putting the drive on a different power connector doesn't work you probably have a physical problem with your drive. You can either attempt to fix the solder of the power input pin(s) to controller board(if you are brave enough to dis-assemble a hard drive) or you can buy a new drive/good used drive for the comp. Be warned, dis-assembling the drive and working with the solder may not solve the problem, if you see any burns or abnormalities(like a bubble in a circuit path) on the controller board of the drive it means that the board has a fried circuit and it really can't be fixed(it can be if you have the technical finess of fixing fried circuits on a circuit board...which is by no means easy for a person who doesn't know how to do it). If it comes down to a fried controller board on the drive you are best off to just replace the drive.
[ September 25, 2003: Message edited by: Viper ]
Windows_SuX_@$$:
I fixed it by deleting all Partitions and Installing Knoppix (Yes You can install Knoppix to go console and type in knx-hdinstall, I think I fixed it, Hasn't crashed since!
Thanks For Your Help!
Refalm:
quote:KiDwithIsSuEs 00: I fixed it by deleting all Partitions and Installing Knoppix (Yes You can install Knoppix to go console and type in knx-hdinstall, I think I fixed it, Hasn't crashed since!
Thanks For Your Help!
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Without any problems at all? I now people who did that and had one problem: it boots into runlevel 3. Of course any Linux guru can figure out that you need to start vi and edit inittab, but try to explain that to the newbie...
Annorax:
Come the hell on, we all know the easiest solution to fix this drive (before installing knoppix) was to hit it with several rounds from a silenced handgun loaded with hollow point copkiller rounds. The HD is obviously possessed by what remains of XPee, and needs exorcised...
mobrien_12:
quote:Originally posted by Annorax: Temporal Enigma:
Come the hell on, we all know the easiest solution to fix this drive (before installing knoppix) was to hit it with several rounds from a silenced handgun loaded with hollow point copkiller rounds. The HD is obviously possessed by what remains of XPee, and needs exorcised...
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\begin{nitpick}
"Copkiller" rounds usually refer to rounds designed to penetrate body armor. Hollow point rounds are designed to expand on impact to maximize damage and thus are not suited for armor penetration.
See this link for details
http://saysuncle.com/archives/000008.html
\end{nitpick}
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