hdd HDD's keep dying

[Roberito]

I got my PC about 3 years ago and when i added a second hard drive i started having problems with my drives where 1 keeps disconnecting so i went back down to 1 and that seemed to fix it for awhile until i started getting a BSOD every couple weeks and then after a few months of that on boot up i get an error that says "Hard Disk Failure is imminent" and i cant sign into anymore windows so i went and bought a new one another 1TB WD HDD and ive had this one for about a month until the same thing happened and i have tried new sata cables , different sata ports, and different HDDs.

 

Please and Thank you for any help

 

My PC specs:

6 GB ram

windows 7 64/bit

(thats all i know if you need more tell me and ill try to figure out how to find it out)

[Windows7ge]

I'm thinking either motherboard or bad PSU. Drives shouldn't die like that.

[AvocadosGuac]

5 minutes ago, Windows7ge said:

I'm thinking either motherboard or bad PSU. Drives shouldn't die like that.

+1 on bad psu.

[Roberito]

18 minutes ago, Jrock said:

+1 on bad psu.

so does that mean the psu is killing them or would getting a new psu fix the problem?

[Roberito]

31 minutes ago, Windows7ge said:

I'm thinking either motherboard or bad PSU. Drives shouldn't die like that.

how would i check to see if thats the problem and if so how would i fix it?

[Windows7ge]

38 minutes ago, Roberito said:

how would i check to see if thats the problem and if so how would i fix it?

Well you'd install a new PSU and run the system for some time to see if the issues stop.

[Roberito]

Just now, Windows7ge said:

Well you'd install a new PSU and run the system for some time to see if the issues stop.

is there a way to find out that doesnt involve spending $ until after i know the problem because im kinda tight on $ rn

[Windows7ge]

25 minutes ago, Roberito said:

is there a way to find out that doesnt involve spending $ until after i know the problem because im kinda tight on $ rn

Steal a power supply from another computer.

[Roberito]

21 minutes ago, Windows7ge said:

Steal a power supply from another computer.

well is the HDD actually dead or should putting in a new PSU fix that problem?

[AvocadosGuac]

20 minutes ago, Roberito said:

well is the HDD actually dead or should putting in a new PSU fix that problem?

Hdd is most likely dead.

 

Best bet would be a new PSU.

[Windows7ge]

17 minutes ago, Roberito said:

well is the HDD actually dead or should putting in a new PSU fix that problem?

I can't say weather it is or not I can't physically inspect it. According to your story though these drives are dying quickly one after another. This isn't normal. Something is causing them to die prematurely. It's most likely the PSU. If it's a crappy brand or simply malfunctioning it could decrease the lifespan of the other hardware.

[vaiwalker]

plug the hdd to another system to check if it actually still works