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Thread ID: 126301 2012-08-19 10:44:00 What can cause a complete system hang? icow (15313) Press F1
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1295552 2012-08-20 09:53:00 Got another HD to try? CliveM (6007)
1295553 2012-08-20 10:06:00 Yup my 250gb seagate works fine. icow (15313)
1295554 2012-08-20 10:16:00 Sounds a little like the HDD is getting ready to go great big dead HDD place in the sky - and no I dont mean iCloud lol :)

The drive that's playing up- is it a Seagate ? If so check the model number, it also sounds like the symptoms of the ones with faulty firmware.

www.tomshardware.com
wainuitech (129)
1295555 2012-08-20 10:32:00 Drive that is playing up is a almost new WD Blue. Model Number: wd5000aakx icow (15313)
1295556 2012-08-20 11:20:00 What happens if the WD drive is attached and booted from a Live CD, something like Ubuntu ?

If its hanging then if possible get the data off ( if you haven't already) it could be a RMA ( warranty) job.

If its freezing on boot it could be faulty.
wainuitech (129)
1295557 2012-08-21 05:39:00 imgur.com

Apparently it was the psu.
icow (15313)
1295558 2012-08-21 06:16:00 Id still be keeping an eye on it, as earlier you mentioned

"Took the Data HDD out and plugged in the SSD. Booted to windows fine, didn't crash" and with the 250GB drive it was good as well.

Which if it played up on only one drive the drive may have been putting an abnormal load on the PSU somehow, other wise it should have played up with any HDD.
wainuitech (129)
1295559 2012-08-21 09:19:00 Whats the mobo? Is the BIOS up to date? Could be a buggy BIOS update or something. Buggy BIOS'es can do strange things Speedy Gonzales (78)
1295560 2012-08-21 10:22:00 imgur.com

Apparently it was the psu.

Not sure what your photo is supposed to say...


if it played up on only one drive the drive may have been putting an abnormal load on the PSU somehow, other wise it should have played up with any HDD.

Perhaps there was something wrong with that specific power plug you were using for that HDD?
Agent_24 (57)
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