Recent content by jmpt14

The lights do go out when the connection fails. I know for a fact the cable works because I hooked it up to my laptop, and it works. AFAIK, the cable is on the Ethernet port correctly. Tried Safe Mode with Networking, still not working. At this point, I give up on trying to fix this port...

okay, weird update. I left the PC unplugged for the weekend, and the Ethernet worked for a full afternoon yesterday. It was working today as well, until Windows 10 made a sound and played it through the inbuilt case speaker. After that, no Networking. Shot in the dark here, is it possible that...

It did. Sidenote: This PC originally came with a 500GB hard drive and an optical drive. Now I'm running it with that same 500GB drive, another 1TB drive and a SSD with a 2.5" drive caddy in place of the optical. Is it possible I'm pushing the PSU too far? It did have spare SATA power cables.

Tried updating the BIOS again. I don't think it actually updated. The file on HP's site is from Feb 2024, but even after "updating", the BIOS is dated to Dec 2023. Will report back if the Ethernet port cuts out again.

This prebuilt doesn't have USB 3.0, but there is a (slower) USB 2.0 version. Might put this in Plan B.

So I've been given an old work PC (an HP 290 G1 Microtower), and I've been using it as a makeshift NAS. However, recently it's been giving me trouble. Earlier this week I was transferring files over it, when suddenly it stopped being connected to the network. Now, when I say it wasn't connected...

Thanks for reminding me of the concept of death and decay, but seriously, what now? Is it cheaper/better to get this fixed by a pro, to buy a new one, or to not even bother, considering: a) the laptop still has a broken screen and a potential BIOS issue b) all the trouble this drive has given me...

December 2015, but I don't think it's an age problem, it was working flawlessly until I borked it yesterday.

Just rebooted again, no matter what I do it won't show up. I think I'm gonna call it dead. If anyone has any other tips, I'll try, if not, thanks anyway

What I can say is when the drive "worked" on HDtune, it showed no info about the drive and froze the program. sooo.... dead?

View: https://imgur.com/a/nXxX8yP Can't even get there now, I got the second pic as an error, booted to Windows, drive is missing. Now I'm stuck on the first pic

Did the whole thing again, went straight to GPT this time, also "not connected". What now?

Ok, initialized in MBR, tells me "the device isn't connected (it is), tried again on GPT, drive disappeared from Disk Management, rebooted now, pc hung on the boot screen for a while. Doesn't show up on Disk Manager again. Gonna reboot.

Ok, put the drive on correctly and I get to this: View: https://imgur.com/a/uwTde6e Everytime I do this it hangs. Should I do it? MBR or GPT? and how long should it be on this slow PC?

My PC just can't detect the drive through normal SATA, and HD Tune hangs until I unplug. Perhaps I should just call it quits on the drive?