re: Twilight Zone type of problem with games, IDE HD and mouse wheel! :)
Tuesday, April 26, 2005 at 7:22 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by MoonQuake
(5 messages posted)
I finally got rid of my sec. hard drive.
Stability seems to be fine... for now.
Looks like it was the faulty Maxtor HD...
Thanks for your help.
MQ
On Tuesday, April 19, 2005 at 1:14 pm, MoonQuake wrote:
>Hi Jack!
>Made some more changes:
>
>-Removed one of my case fans (I got a home fan blowing inside my case which keep
>everything cool (CPU 39c / mobo 32c idle)) BTW, should I trust software like Sandra
>2005 OR my bios for temperatures? Sandra tells me that some of my bios info might
>be wrong sometimes...
>
>-Put back both HD on same cable, got DVD and Ati Radeon on another.
>
>-I was using my mouse and keyboard on USB ports, now I put them both on PS/2 ports.
>Dunno if it helps on the 12v.
>
>
>Now the spin down is occuring only during games and rarely while I navigate throught
>windows.
>
>I changed my power supply twice before. Once because I had an old 350w Antec PSU
>and I upgraded, then after another upgrade I had to buy a replacement one because
>another Antec 450w I bought seemed to have failed. (same HD symptoms only, on both
>HDs thus killing my system files in the process)
>
>You know what? The only part that's still there since my original configuration
and
>the begining of my spin down problem is my old Maxtor HD. Like you say, maybe this
>device if failing on the 12v and maybe I should kick it out of the window!
>
>I couldn't get rid of it last night when I tried to cut off things on the 12v, because
>for some reason, even though it's my secondary HD, if I disable it from the BIOS
>and unplug it, my primary HD (Prim. master jumper set) isn't recognized anymore.
>Like it needed the Maxtor to run it...
>
>Geez.
>
>I'll try to definitely remove the Maxtor and see what happens.
>
>
>Jack, could all this be the result of a bad powerbar or even a faulty wall jack/electric
>current?
>
>MQ
>
>
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