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Thread ID: 14312	2002-01-04 19:49:00	harddrives dying	Guest (0)	Press F1

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29810	2002-01-04 19:49:00	i have a PIII 733 pc with 128 mb ram, 20gb 7200rpm barracutta harddrive, gigabyte via apollo motherboard, win98. this machine is approx 14 months old. the power box went up in smoke on week 1. the harddrive shat itself a month later.(horrible screaming noises (the harddrive, not me!)). all fixed under warranty. 12 months later the hard drive fails. replaced under warranty. the shop did some thorough testing and also replaced the motherboard. this was 6 weeks ago. tried a defrag, wouldn't do it, says problems with harddrive. scandisk (nortons systemworks 2002) reports 8192 bad sectors, marks them unusable. the only thing i have done is add a backup 1.5 mb harddrive. any ideas before i take it back to the shop?? is this a hardware problem or could software be causing it?? any help much appreciated. cheers;)	Guest (0)
29811	2002-01-04 21:05:00	Take it back and tell them you want a totally new machine that WORKS! This is unacceptable.	Guest (0)
29812	2002-01-04 21:18:00	I tend to agree with Mike. This machine sounds like a dog. While the shop probably haven't done very well out of the deal either, you have the right to a machine that goes. I worry about the 8192 bad sectors, that numbers is awfully coincident (it being 8k and everything). I wonder whether it has found all of them of got bored looking. I think this is something you need to pursue with a consumer rights hat on. Sounds like the shop has cooperated, maybe they can hassle the manufacturer. robo.	Guest (0)
29813	2002-01-04 21:28:00	I totally agree with Mike too, take it back and ask for a brand new machine -but only if you like the dealers so much LOL- otherwise ask for a refund saying that it wasn't you're fault and say that if they don't give you one, you will take further actions. that way the shop will just probably say, 'ok ok you can have it' hassle them! LOL Because it wasn't you're fault and that problem occured so many times, they may have to give you a refund.	Guest (0)
29814	2002-01-04 22:32:00	apart from agreeing with the others i wonder if you have over heating problems. powersupply dying i can understand, cheap psu, but going through 2 good hardrives ????:-/ does the pc get moved around a lot? murphy law working overtime with you it seems ;-(	Guest (0)
29815	2002-01-05 01:39:00	Have you been upsetting the gods? 'Thunderbolts' could do that sort of thing. Or other power surges. When a power supply fails, it can do a bit of damage on the way out. I agree that the shop might have to see about getting you a good one.	Guest (0)
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