Hard drive issues

[TimTam :P]

I have a fairly new WD Blue 1TB drive that I use only for storing Movies and Music. A few days ago it stopped appearing in device manager and the drive had stopped spinning. So I unplugged and replugged the SATA cable (I didn't disconnect it from the PSU), and my PC recognized the drive. I did some tests and the speeds were just fine so I don't think there's anything physically wrong with the drive. But every time I restart the PC, I have to unplug and replug the drive. Anyone know what might be going on?

 

Thanks in advance

[PorkishPig]

2 minutes ago, TimTam said:

I have a fairly new WD Blue 1TB drive that I use only for storing Movies and Music. A few days ago it stopped appearing in device manager and the drive had stopped spinning. So I unplugged and replugged the SATA cable (I didn't disconnect it from the PSU), and my PC recognized the drive. I did some tests and the speeds were just fine so I don't think there's anything physically wrong with the drive. But every time I restart the PC, I have to unplug and replug the drive. Anyone know what might be going on?

 

Thanks in advance

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Could you let me know which motherboard you are using? Also, do you have an M.2 SSD in your system?

[TimTam :P]

20 minutes ago, Homeless_Pineapple said:

Could you let me know which motherboard you are using? Also, do you have an M.2 SSD in your system?

My system is quite dated (Specs: Sapphire Pure Black X58, Xeon X5680, GTX 780, 24gb ddr3, 2x 1TB WD Blue drives, 120GB SanDisk  SSD) theres no m.2 slot on the board.

[PorkishPig]

6 minutes ago, TimTam said:

My system is quite dated (Specs: Sapphire Pure Black X58, Xeon X5680, GTX 780, 24gb ddr3, 2x 1TB WD Blue drives, 120GB SanDisk  SSD) theres no m.2 slot on the board.

Alright. When I see threads like this I usually assume that they are using an M.2 SSD, where their motherboards unreliable disable a SATA port when an M.2 slot is in use.

 

Have you tried using different SATA ports on your motherboard, or using different SATA 3 wires?

[SCHISCHKA]

try different cables

[TimTam :P]

27 minutes ago, Homeless_Pineapple said:

Alright. When I see threads like this I usually assume that they are using an M.2 SSD, where their motherboards unreliable disable a SATA port when an M.2 slot is in use.

 

Have you tried using different SATA ports on your motherboard, or using different SATA 3 wires?

I've only tried different ports. I'll try a new cable. Thanks for the suggestion