failed hard drive

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I have had 2 hard drives go bad in the same computer in 6 months. Other
than just faulty drives, does anyone have any ideas on what may be causing
this?

Thanks,
John
 
quile said:
I have had 2 hard drives go bad in the same computer in 6 months. Other
than just faulty drives, does anyone have any ideas on what may be causing
this?

Thanks,
John
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Bad flow of electricity into your house? My drives never last a year and in
a lengthy discussion that was the outcome. Try using an UPS, one that will
regulate your power.
 
Thanks, that does make sense. I live in a new house. It is a two story and
the computer is downstairs. Every morning while working on my computer, my
wife will turn on a light switch upstairs, and I will here a loud pop from
my computers speakers. Maby this is droping and raising the votage level to
the outlet my computer is plugged into.

I thought that a surge protector was supposed to handle this. If not, does
anyone recomend a UPS that could take care of my problem. I have to
computers next to each other so I would plug both of them into it.

Thanks,
John
 
Too much heat? Bad power supply?
I have had 2 hard drives go bad in the same computer in 6 months. Other
than just faulty drives, does anyone have any ideas on what may be causing
this?

Thanks,
John
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Thanks, that does make sense. I live in a new house. It is a two story and
the computer is downstairs. Every morning while working on my computer, my
wife will turn on a light switch upstairs, and I will here a loud pop from
my computers speakers. Maby this is droping and raising the votage level to
the outlet my computer is plugged into.
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It would probably be the speaker power supply, the outlet they're
plugged into. If these are cheap or poorly designed speakers you
might find a better set won't make this sound. I believe the amp
design dictates whether they pop or not.

I thought that a surge protector was supposed to handle this. If not, does
anyone recomend a UPS that could take care of my problem. I have to
computers next to each other so I would plug both of them into it.
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I don't think it's your AC power causing the hard drives to fail. A
decent power supply will provide suitable power to the system else
shut off the system. If your power supply is of marginal quality then
you should replace it. The other most likely possibility is that the
drives are overheating, but then again if the particular model of
drive you had, has a design problem, and it's replacement was the same
exact drive, also with same design problem, it's no wonder that the
second drive also failed.

What make/model/capacity/etc were these drives?
What power supply(s)?



Dave
 
Thanks, Both were 60g. One was an IBM Desk Star, the other a Maxtor 7200.
This is a new machine.

John
 
quile said:
Thanks, that does make sense. I live in a new house. It is a two story and
the computer is downstairs. Every morning while working on my computer, my
wife will turn on a light switch upstairs, and I will here a loud pop from
my computers speakers. Maby this is droping and raising the votage level to
the outlet my computer is plugged into.

I thought that a surge protector was supposed to handle this. If not, does
anyone recomend a UPS that could take care of my problem. I have to
computers next to each other so I would plug both of them into it.
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A surge protector only protects you from surges, hence the name! ;-)

Drops in line voltage (as opposed to surges) are a different matter and can
only be rectified with a UPS.
 
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