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Darren
I have a heat problem with my AMD 2200+. Power supply 400w with 120mm case
fan and a couple of other 60mm ones + Volcano 7.
This case heat problem has probably cooked my 7200 RPM WD 80GB SE drive.
This summer and the last in Australia, I've slowed the CPU by 1/3 in the
BIOS to cool the PC down. I run MBM5.
I have an air-conditioner in the room for really hot days, on a separate
circuit. My PC runs on a 20amp 4000w circuit now.
I did have the air-con on the same circuit as the PC for 3 days, only on
very low about 2 months ago.
The problem began yesterday when burning a DVD. I let the room get a bit
hot and I heard a click. The HDD light would stay on for about a full
second, then go off with another click. My DVD burn failed. The drive
clicked 20 times or more over the next few hours and I ran the Win 2k
Scandisk. All seemed okay.
I downloaded the WD latest diag and full test surface scan is okay.
But the drive is slow!! I use 3 OS's, normally Win2k. I rebooted to 98 as
I have the old 'Nuts and Bolts' diag program. N & B told me my HDD had a
4.1mb transfer. It used to be 10 times that or so.
I'm downloading HD Tach freeware and perhaps SIGuardian, though I know the
drive is way too slow as it took 1 hour 50 to burn an 80 minute DVD at 4x.
Now even at 4x that is way, way too slow. Other simple file copying and
boot ups tell me the HDD is way too slow.
Sounds like a new drive to me. What do you think?
Oh UDMA settings - Primary DMA if available on Device 0 - Current
Transfer mode PIO
- Secondary both devices to UDMA
S.M.A.R.T. mode is off in the BIOS
I would like not to buy a drive but will be looking at:
about 160gb WD
with a Vantec Vortex HDD cooler or better if you know one, for about the
same price
an Aerocool HT-102 CPU cooler or better, as the Volcano just doesn't cut it
I'm afraid - perhaps bad thermal paste/paste job
and I need a slim, powerful video card cooler for the Radeon 8500 which runs
at almost 50 celcius on hot days.
What's the prognosis doc?
Thanks in advance
Darren
fan and a couple of other 60mm ones + Volcano 7.
This case heat problem has probably cooked my 7200 RPM WD 80GB SE drive.
This summer and the last in Australia, I've slowed the CPU by 1/3 in the
BIOS to cool the PC down. I run MBM5.
I have an air-conditioner in the room for really hot days, on a separate
circuit. My PC runs on a 20amp 4000w circuit now.
I did have the air-con on the same circuit as the PC for 3 days, only on
very low about 2 months ago.
The problem began yesterday when burning a DVD. I let the room get a bit
hot and I heard a click. The HDD light would stay on for about a full
second, then go off with another click. My DVD burn failed. The drive
clicked 20 times or more over the next few hours and I ran the Win 2k
Scandisk. All seemed okay.
I downloaded the WD latest diag and full test surface scan is okay.
But the drive is slow!! I use 3 OS's, normally Win2k. I rebooted to 98 as
I have the old 'Nuts and Bolts' diag program. N & B told me my HDD had a
4.1mb transfer. It used to be 10 times that or so.
I'm downloading HD Tach freeware and perhaps SIGuardian, though I know the
drive is way too slow as it took 1 hour 50 to burn an 80 minute DVD at 4x.
Now even at 4x that is way, way too slow. Other simple file copying and
boot ups tell me the HDD is way too slow.
Sounds like a new drive to me. What do you think?
Oh UDMA settings - Primary DMA if available on Device 0 - Current
Transfer mode PIO
- Secondary both devices to UDMA
S.M.A.R.T. mode is off in the BIOS
I would like not to buy a drive but will be looking at:
about 160gb WD
with a Vantec Vortex HDD cooler or better if you know one, for about the
same price
an Aerocool HT-102 CPU cooler or better, as the Volcano just doesn't cut it
I'm afraid - perhaps bad thermal paste/paste job
and I need a slim, powerful video card cooler for the Radeon 8500 which runs
at almost 50 celcius on hot days.
What's the prognosis doc?
Thanks in advance
Darren