Soyo Dragon Ultra KT333 Platinum Troubles

[CaffeinatedSoap]

I have one of the above mentioned and i am havin lots of fun and by fun i mean not fun with it. It is messin up every time i do somethin like rar a file bigger than say a gig then i hear a clunk in the hd and it freezes. I no this is not the hd or any other part in my pc cuz i have swaped out stuff... well it could be the cpu maybe...<BR>HELP I NEED SOMEBODY HELP NOT JUST ANYBODY HELP YA NO U NEED SOMEONE HEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLP!!

[Joe]

if you harddrive is clunking this can be one of three things (well maybe more but these are the most likely)<BR><BR>1. your hdd is bad (you have already seen this is not it)<BR><BR>2. you have a bad ide ribbon<BR><BR>3. your ide channel is going bad. <BR><BR>the solutions for these?<BR><BR>1. replace the hdd<BR><BR>2. buy new ide ribbon to test this theory<BR><BR>3. try running the drive on the other ide channel or try running it on a pci controller card. <BR><BR>hope this helps you out here. there are more things that could be going wrong but with the little info you have provided theres not much i can help with except the more obvious thing that could be going wrong with the system.

[Colin]

CaffeinatedSoap I had a similar problem with my test rig's 40 GB Maxtor D740X right from the beginning and it ended up being a bad HDD.<BR><BR>Another thing it may be is bad power... If your PSU is under intense load, it may not be good enough.

[CaffeinatedSoap]

ok heres the result of the tests i have done:<BR>Swapped ide ribbion-still clunkin<BR>swapped ide port-still clunkin<BR>swapped powersupply-still clunkin<BR>put hd in friends comp-no clunk :-D<BR>I am gonna run the hd diagnostic thingy from maxtor and see what that shows.

[Colin]

<br><br><< <i>I am gonna run the hd diagnostic thingy from maxtor and see what that shows. </i> >><br><br>That's probably your best bet... Make sure you let us know what happened!

[CaffeinatedSoap]

here are the results:<BR>factrecrt<BR>hd1:fail repaired<BR>second test<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif" border="0">ass<BR>hd2:fail repaired<BR>second test<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif" border="0">ass<BR>burnin 2 passes<BR>hd1<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif" border="0">ass<BR>hd2<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif" border="0">ass<BR><BR>I am doing some tests in windows to see if everything worked out ok.

[CaffeinatedSoap]

Well everything turned out good. But what i dont understand is why my passes turned to <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif" border="0">asses

[Colin]

CaffeinatedSoap did you put a : in front of that P like HD1:_Passes but without the _?

[CaffeinatedSoap]

ahhh i see...

[Avid6eek]

It's the simple things that are really amuzing around here <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif" border="0">

[Avid6eek]

LMAO.....now that I think about it again<BR><BR><img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif" border="0">asses<BR><BR>It looks like your licking asses....ROFLMAO!!!!

[DeanLowe]

If you hear any loud clunking noise, try a different PSU, if it still persists then it's time to RMA the sucker. Even if it passes the diagnostic program it's still not good to hear anything other than the normal clicking of the drive reading/writing data which should be very quiet for a new drive. I'd suggest you call the 800 number of the manufacturer or the shop you got the drive from.<BR><BR>Do you hear anything if you plug in another HDD in to your system?<BR><BR>If you didn't mention the clunking, I'd suggest you test the RAM for errors.

[CaffeinatedSoap]

thats pretty messed up... By the way how do u change the little thing under ur pic from random letters and symbols to words?

[Colin]

CaffeinatedSoap those are custom titles. Users who have them are moderators or long time members...<BR><BR>You can get one too if you're here long enough. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

[CaffeinatedSoap]

well that sux<BR>

[Colin]

Haha... That's not the right attitude! <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

[CaffeinatedSoap]

My harddrives are crapin out again also i got a new processor and it wuz runnin fine at 2ghz (its a 1.33ghz t-bread) now its givin me lots of bsods and its only runnin at 72F

[Colin]

<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif" border="0"> I guess your HDD's are bad... <BR><BR>What voltage are you using?

[CaffeinatedSoap]

normal i tried 1.8 but it didnt help any

[Avid6eek]

Hmmm....I have nothing to add here....except THIS:<BR><BR><img src="http://www.nauticom.net/www/jmh132/psc/monkey.jpg"><BR><BR><img src="http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0QwB1bhkY*imfFB8oAL7Lf5PBby0hJbVYcowFZ6K9ixOpZ9qqS YCpId5PqpG!L5t11MdMavu9nrl6QZyUmfEiprfVs8bvS8odj6l !puBWApI/naughty-monkey-callout.jpg"><BR><BR><b>FUN WITH PHOTOSHOP</b>

[CompSnake]

oh, that brings back memeorys

[Avid6eek]

Uhhhh...if you don't mind me asking...what types of memories is that bringing back for you? Whatever you do, don't post any graphic pictures <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

[Colin]

<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-shocked.gif" border="0"> I don't want to see either!

[Avid6eek]

Don't lie Colin. You probably already emailed CompSnake to send them to you via I.M. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

[Colin]

<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-shocked.gif" border="0"> No way, I'm not into that stuff! But if other members are, that's ok by me! <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif" border="0">