Pretty sure my 1TB Samsung HD103LJ hard drive is dead its going clack clack clack on startup for a few mins then stop. Can't see it in the BIOS or OS...
A little annoyed with myself I was using it as an OS drive and now I've had to resort to my noticeably slower 500gb drive...
Anyhow it died while finding a stable overclock for my new IB system. The same drive also had lost a huge chunk of its data again while overclocking on an earlier build (I think exactly half maybe one of the platters failed?).
I just wanted to know a bit more about what exactly causes a drive to fail while overclocking...? Is it just a bad hdd in general or is it a natural consequence of too many BSOD's? Some sort of voltage thing...? PSU is corsair hx520w built by seasonic...
Other possible factors... I didn't do a clean install it was running in same AHCI mode as before the upgrade and just uninstalled old drivers and replaced them with the new ones. It was 90% full for a long time at least a year or two... I also had a couple of large altogether ~40gb trucrypt containers on it with 3x encryption which I only opened sporadically...
Luckily all the important stuff was backed up.
I think the warranty has run out by now. I bought it a couple of years ago OEM and can't find any email or whatever to see when I bought it. Might still have the original box with receipt somewhere have to look...
Edited by tiryn - 6/9/12 at 2:17am
A little annoyed with myself I was using it as an OS drive and now I've had to resort to my noticeably slower 500gb drive...
Anyhow it died while finding a stable overclock for my new IB system. The same drive also had lost a huge chunk of its data again while overclocking on an earlier build (I think exactly half maybe one of the platters failed?).
I just wanted to know a bit more about what exactly causes a drive to fail while overclocking...? Is it just a bad hdd in general or is it a natural consequence of too many BSOD's? Some sort of voltage thing...? PSU is corsair hx520w built by seasonic...
Other possible factors... I didn't do a clean install it was running in same AHCI mode as before the upgrade and just uninstalled old drivers and replaced them with the new ones. It was 90% full for a long time at least a year or two... I also had a couple of large altogether ~40gb trucrypt containers on it with 3x encryption which I only opened sporadically...
Luckily all the important stuff was backed up.
I think the warranty has run out by now. I bought it a couple of years ago OEM and can't find any email or whatever to see when I bought it. Might still have the original box with receipt somewhere have to look...
Edited by tiryn - 6/9/12 at 2:17am
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| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q6600 @ 3.0Ghz | MSI P35 Neo2-FIR | Zotac 8800GT 512MB | 4GB Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800Mhz CL5 |
| Hard Drive | Cooling | OS | Monitor |
| 1TB Samsung HD103LJ | Stock | Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit | Samsung 2232BW |
| Power | Case | Mouse | |
| Corsair CX430W | Antec Nine Hundred | Logitech G5v1 | |
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"cookie cutter"
(11 items) |
Old timer
(11 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q6600 @ 3.0Ghz | MSI P35 Neo2-FIR | Zotac 8800GT 512MB | 4GB Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800Mhz CL5 |
| Hard Drive | Cooling | OS | Monitor |
| 1TB Samsung HD103LJ | Stock | Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit | Samsung 2232BW |
| Power | Case | Mouse | |
| Corsair CX430W | Antec Nine Hundred | Logitech G5v1 | |
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