Various issues

[b787register]

Hello all, 

I am by trade a IT Support guy but more over backups and backup infrastructure. 

I have a self built PC:

Intel i7 3770

Artic 13 Freezer

Asus Sabertooth Z77

16GB Corsair Dominator memory 4 x 4gb

8tb Seagate Iron wolf Pro

500gb Intel 840gb SSD

6gb GTX 1660 ti

Corsair GS800 PSU

Windows 10 Pro

Office 2019

Steam and various games

 

I know the board and chip are old but this week somethings happened with the machine. firstly in Window shutdown it would stop Windows but not power the machine off, all fans would continue, good for cooling though it is I want it to shutoff. 

I have that now sorted, reset the bios

Now my issue is the flipping thing is blue screening randomly. I have stripped it right down to the cpu memory and the boot drive (the 8tb). Took the gpu out as well. 

Tried with each memory stick on its own and the same thing happens. Changed the data leads and the power leads. 

Tried the dreaded full reinstall of Windows no joy

Replaced the heatsink and heatsink compound after taking the cpu out air dusting the socket and board still no joy. 

My thoughts are either the board, psu, or Hard disk is bad. 

Anyone got any ideas? Got an extremely limit budget aka nothing kids and a new car have cleared me out and I do use this machine for work as I am apparently shielding(sob story I know) 

Tried to get the dump files for the bsod but as soon as I go yo the c drive it blue screens. Also blue screens if I try and defrag the disk 

 

[EpiCheeseTime]

If you look at the BSOD error codes, that would help. Assuming that it is going to be hardware though since you've narrowed it down (kinda)

 

Do you have another drive to install windows on? That would eliminate the HDD as the issue. I would then try PSU, then mobo.

[b787register]

I have just pulled the hot spare from my NAS drive going to try that. Here's where I lose my NAS as well

[Kilrah]

Drive is probably the least likely to be the issue, would expect mobo, RAM or CPU.

[b787register]

Yep looks like yet another seagate disk failure, that's the last of the four I bought have now failed, going to see if seagate will replace it, not had much luck with Seagates disks sadly.

I can't trust seagate especially after the st3000dm001 debacle (bought ten all failed at least once within 100 days 5 failed a second time and only one remains as a door stop.) should have swapped the disk out to start with. Oh well lesson learnt. 

Wonder how many disks failed in Linus' Petrabyte array... Be interested to know 

[b787register]

Well the drive is definatly the issue plugged in back in and when I went via my computer to browse the c: drive it blue screened. put the other disk in and that fine.

strange as this drive works fine in my NAS

[b787register]

Well Seagate are awesome

 

confirmed the drive is dead, sent off my drive, they are sending me a new one.....

 

however due to "brexit" I wont be getting the disk for some weeks / months.

Seagate should have seen Brexit issues coming and had a distribution centre in the UK. Out of 12 disks I have had personally from Seagate now 10 have failed at least once. I am not going to be buying anymore from Seagate, the customer support is rubbish, disks are unreliable...

 

I really do wonder how Linus's Petrabyte storage has gotten on in regards to Seagates disk failure rates....