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Ok guys, update: As you konw, I actually did RMA the HDD. I JUST got the new one in yesterday. I popped the new one in there and everything was 100% OK and back to normal again. I installed Windows 7 on there, updated everything and installed all my old programs. I ran it all yesterday and...

Hey Stinger, glad you posted this. I actually did RMA the HDD and JUST got the new one in yesterday. I popped the new one in there and everything was 100% OK and back to normal again. I installed Windows 7 on there, updated everything and installed all my old programs. I ran it all yesterday and...

Yea it's only been a few days since I got this one, so I'm sure it's ok. The reason I went with Seagate was because my old HDD was also a Seagate Barracuda and it ran for 8+ years no problem until just last week. Also, this new Seagate Barracuda fit my current strict budget.

Ok then lol, thanks for the help everyone! Bye bye HDD you're going back to Newegg. Crossing my fingers that I don't get a 3rd bad HDD with the identical issue.

Crashed: CrystalMark read bad sectors.

It seems like it starts to screw up after about 15-30 minutes of running, pretty consistently. Is it even worth trying to go into DOS with SeaTools and trying to "fix" the bad sectors? Or should I just RMA this thing?

Currently running both Crystal Mark and Seagate tests on the drive. All tests currently show the drive to Pass. Running a "Long Drive Test" now, which will take 1.5hrs. Doubt the PC will run that long before it crashes so I hope it displays something immediately.

UPDATE: Ok CrystalMark still showing good everything. I currently have it set to refresh every 1 minute. I also downloaded the Seatgate test tools. I ran a Short Drive Test, Self Drive Test, S.M.A.R.T. Test, and Auto-Fix Errors Test and they all came out as PASS. Now I'm running a Long Drive...

Ok I have that crystal mark software up and running on it now. It shows the HDD currently as "Good". I don't know if there's a way to run a continuous scan or if it's always automatically doing that. So fa nothings really changed.

Thanks for the reply guys! I'm glad the PSU looks good, that's a relief. It may be that new HDD, I just refused to swallow that fact that I could get a new with the identical weird issue, made me think something was causing it. I'll run that program and see what that says, and I'll try disabling...

Well, here is the log from a test I ran for about 10 minutes. The problem happened again right before the 10 minute mark and the system crashed. I'm not sure how to read these reports, got I got it off my PC after letting it cooldown for a bit and booting back into windows to grab the file...

Ok Vic, after letting the comp cool for a bit, I got it to boot back up in Windows and grabbed the log file off the HDD. Here it is: http://www.filedropper.com/volttest BTW I tried to use Google Dropbox but it's down right now, I hope filedropper works. I really have no idea how to read...

That's the thing, I have no clue what the problem is. I am 100% sure the sound "zreeerp zreeep" is coming from the HDD, though. The fact that I bought another brand new HDD to replace my old one and I'm still having the same issue makes me doubt the HDD is the core issue, though. I was thinking...