What is brocken?

[Student]

Hey guys i need your help it is a Dell Vostro 3700 and has these symtoms:

  harddrives are only detected every 10th or so boot.

  booting via usb works fine.

  harddrives are fine.

  harddrive in cd bay same problem.

  harddrive via esata same problem.

  running Linux booted via usb runs fine for hours.

  running windows booted via harddrive, works but dont know how long (are there programms that read all the time of the harddrive to test the stability?)

 

I think it has to be something with the sata controler, but why does it work sometimes.

 

and before i foreget: this laptop crashed afew times because of too high temps, but i think the last one was a time ago.

 

Thanks for helping in advance

 

******Edit 1************************

sleep mode does not work with windows 10. It shuts down correct, but when i wake it, it boot from scratch.

[Icefire555]

What do you mean "harddrive in cd bay same problem."?

 

(Also you made a typo in the title)

[whipcreambeast]

Sounds like it might be defaulting to USB. Do you have a wireless adapter or wireless mouse plugged in?

And have you checked the boot order and is the SATA hardrive your first boot device?

[Guest]

Your grammar

[whipcreambeast]

Your grammar

Lol this is why I should proof read.

[Student]

What do you mean "harddrive in cd bay same problem."?

 

(Also you made a typo in the title)

I have an adapter to put a harddrive in the cd bay

 

Sounds like it might be defaulting to USB. Do you have a wireless adapter or wireless mouse plugged in?

And have you checked the boot order and is the SATA hardrive your first boot device?

Boot order is okay.

The harddrive is not detected sometimes ("Harddrive: not pressent")

But every 10th time i try to boot,

 

Your grammar

I know,.. german grammar english vocabular,...

 it works.

[whipcreambeast]

Could be a harddrive that has a dying contoller.

But as you said it's two SATA devices; your either really unlucky or it could be a flaky SATA controller.

Best to check if your warrenty is still valid.

[Student]

Could be a harddrive that has a dying contoller.

But as you said it's two SATA devices; your either really unlucky or it could be a flaky SATA controller.

Best to check if your warrenty is still valid.

 

I think i found the problem: it was the SSD

I thought i tested other drives but i did it only once.

now after trying it again it works.

it was the OCZ Vertex 3 120

[Geekazoid]

(Also you made a typo in the title)

Didn't you know that's how you spell brocken? You've just been spelling it wrong.

Okay, it's actually spelt as > broken <.