2011-10-19, 12:00 | Link #1 |
Tumble Rumble
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Imagination Land
Age: 39
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Hard Drive
My western digital WD5000AAKS 500gb drive seems to loose connection randomly when I am on my computer, its not due to a loose wire or anything. What else could be the problem?
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2011-10-19, 16:44 | Link #2 |
Asuki-tan Kairin ↓
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Fürth (GER)
Age: 43
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What do you mean with loosing connection? They have some annoying power saving features that could cause serious lag. However, if it is a permanent outage maybe the circuit board on the hdd is damaged.
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2011-10-19, 17:20 | Link #3 |
Tumble Rumble
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Imagination Land
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Well I just noticed today that whenever I turn my computer from now on, the smart board tells me that the Hdd is in bad status....When I havn't even used it properly. How can I fix this or do I have to send it off to Western Digital?
And by loosing connection I mean't the last couple of weeks the computer would load up the hard drive fine, the bios detects it and I could see it in my computer, but then some hours later it would just not be there.
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2011-10-19, 18:37 | Link #6 |
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Join Date: Oct 2004
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it can be a bad sata cable. i'd suggest using another spare one if you have it. another way is to delete the partition and make a new one to see if the problem persists. but if it is a new HDD and already showing signs of problems, i highly recommend to return it and get a replacement if there was nothing wrong with your computer at all prior to you hooking up your WD HDD to it.
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2011-10-19, 18:55 | Link #7 |
Tumble Rumble
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Imagination Land
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I have just packaged it up to be returned, going to post office tomorrow, no nothing wrong with my computer, well that I know of, of course. Thanks for everyone's help will see what the company will say
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2011-10-19, 19:29 | Link #8 |
Blooming on the mountain
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light....
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Just stumbled into the thread and it does sound like you have a bad hard drive. Ah well. Sometimes broken things slip through the cracks. Best of luck to you!
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Join Date: Jul 2004
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