Posted September 30, 2014 Hello Everyone! So recently my harddrive will randomly just disconnect. I can look into my PC and it is connected but everything will disspear from my desktop and I am unable to save anything to my harddrive as my PC can simply not detect it. Everytime I restart my PC it's always connected, but usually for about 20 minutes before disconnecting. Is this definitely my harddrive causing the issue (It's a 1TB Seagate Barracuda that I've had for about 2 years), or could something else be forcing the harddrive to disconnect? Thanks, Innug Also, should I be posting things like this in the Storage section or the troubleshooting section? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 30, 2014 Troubleshooting. Also, try switching out the cables. "My opinion is that your opinion is wrong." - AlwaysFSX CPU I5 4690k MB MSI Gaming 5 RAM 2 x 4GB HyperX Blu DDR3 GPU Asus GTX970 Strix, Case Corsair 760T Storage 1 x 120GB 840EVO 1 x 1TB WD Blue, 1 x 500GB Toshiba The cave/beast v2 (OLD) http://imgur.com/a/8AmeH PSU 600W Raidmax RX600AF Displays ASUS VS278Q-P x2, BenQ Xl2720z Cooling Dark Rock 3, 4 AP120s Keyboard Logitech G710+ Mouse Razer Deathadder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 30, 2014 Trouble shooting section would be my guess. Try using a different sata cable and port first. Corsair C70 | Gigabyte Widnforce R9 280x | AMD FX8320 3.5ghz | Corsair 750m | Gigabyte 990FXA-ud3 | Mushkin 120gb SSD | Seagate Barracuda 1tb | Mushkin 16gb ddr3 1333mhz Ram Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 30, 2014 yeah, your things shouldve come with more than 1 sata cable. try those out if that doesnt work, then its your hard-drive either one of these work fine: http://www.microcenter.com/product/422867/Black_1TB_7,200_RPM_SATA_60Gb-s_35_Internal_Hard_Drive_WD1003FZEX http://www.microcenter.com/product/398271/Blue_1TB_7,200_RPM_SATA_60Gb-s_35_Internal_Hard_Drive_WD10EZEX_-_Bare_Drive (also yay for sherlock! apparently there will be a christmas special this year ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 30, 2014 Author Troubleshooting. Also, try switching out the cables. Trouble shooting section would be my guess. Try using a different sata cable and port first. Okay sorry, I'm just used to other forums where you place your troubleshooting thread in whichever topic it falls under. Hmm I'll have a look around for another sata cable. You're saying it should have come with my harddrive, or my motherboard? yeah, your things shouldve come with more than 1 sata cable. try those out if that doesnt work, then its your hard-drive either one of these work fine: http://www.microcenter.com/product/422867/Black_1TB_7,200_RPM_SATA_60Gb-s_35_Internal_Hard_Drive_WD1003FZEX http://www.microcenter.com/product/398271/Blue_1TB_7,200_RPM_SATA_60Gb-s_35_Internal_Hard_Drive_WD10EZEX_-_Bare_Drive (also yay for sherlock! apparently there will be a christmas special this year ) Okay thanks! Do you recommend WD over Seagate? I also heard Linus say in one of his videos that no one should even be buying harddrives anymore since SSDs are so affordable. But to match the 1TB of storage I had, for an SSD that would cost me over $500 right? Christmas special!?! Can't wait! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 30, 2014 Okay sorry, I'm just used to other forums where you place your troubleshooting thread in whichever topic it falls under. Hmm I'll have a look around for another sata cable. You're saying it should have come with my harddrive, or my motherboard? Okay thanks! Do you recommend WD over Seagate? I also heard Linus say in one of his videos that no one should even be buying harddrives anymore since SSDs are so affordable. But to match the 1TB of storage I had, for an SSD that would cost me over $500 right? Christmas special!?! Can't wait! although i cant really speak from experience, ive only dealt with WD drives and theyve served me very very well. i found something thats actually pretty reasonable, if you have the money http://www.google.com/shopping/product/3344568918183220508?q=1tb%20ssd&safe=active&es_sm=91&bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.76477589,d.cWc&biw=1280&bih=728&tch=1&ech=1ψ=XcwqVPS0GvbGsQTesICQCA.1412090974542.3&ei=X8wqVNSXH4fksATDkYCABg&ved=0CKkEEKYrMAA&prds=hsec:online although the price does seem a bit too good to be true, so id do some further research on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 30, 2014 Author although i cant really speak from experience, ive only dealt with WD drives and theyve served me very very well. i found something thats actually pretty reasonable, if you have the money http://www.google.com/shopping/product/3344568918183220508?q=1tb%20ssd&safe=active&es_sm=91&bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.76477589,d.cWc&biw=1280&bih=728&tch=1&ech=1ψ=XcwqVPS0GvbGsQTesICQCA.1412090974542.3&ei=X8wqVNSXH4fksATDkYCABg&ved=0CKkEEKYrMAA&prds=hsec:online although the price does seem a bit too good to be true, so id do some further research on it Okay cool. Hmm, just watched a review on it and it seems to be okay, but for some reason I'd prefer to keep my HDD and SSDs separate...not exactly sure why Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 30, 2014 If you want to know more about the health of your HDD, try to run some S.M.A.R.T. diagnostics tool on it, like Crystaldiskmark or somesuch. A list of the most common SMART attributes can be found in this wikipedia article. BUILD LOGS: HELIOS - Latest Update: 2015-SEP-06 ::: ZEUS - BOTW 2013-JUN-28 ::: APOLLO - Complete: 2014-MAY-10OTHER STUFF: Cable Lacing Tutorial ::: What Is ZFS? ::: mincss Primer ::: LSI RAID Card Flashing TutorialFORUM INFO: Community Standards ::: The Moderating Team ::: 10TB+ Storage Showoff Topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 2, 2014 Author Hmm, I can't find the boxes for my parts, so no SATA cable as of yet. If you want to know more about the health of your HDD,try to run some S.M.A.R.T. diagnostics tool on it, likeCrystaldiskmark or somesuch.A list of the most common SMART attributes can be foundin this wikipedia article. I ran a test with Crystaldiskmark: http://imgur.com/0fUaKFE Do the speeds look okay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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