3 failed hard drive in a row.

[oremor07]

Hey all. New to the boards. Been building my own computers for about 10-12 years now. Usually can figure out issues that pop up but this one has me stumped.

About 3 weeks ago gave my old clunker PC an overhaul. New 1000w Enermax power supply, Asus Rampage II mobo, i7 processor, Evga GTX 285 graphics, 6gb Corsair Dominator ram, and 2 new 300gb Velociraptor drives. Only thing I carried over was two 150gb raptor drives, the case, and a couple dvd/cd/dvd-rw drives. All went well for a while. Blazing performance. But in the words of E! network... It all came crashing down!

About 2 weeks ago, I had a hard drive fail on me, drive will not even recognize. 1st time ever. Was sort of shocked, but didn't think much of it. Drive was a 150gb Raptor drive, about 5 years old. I back up fairly regularly, so accepted as a loss and moved on.

2 days ago, I went back to back up some new data that I didn't have backed up yet and then my external usb HDD will not read. Now I was starting to get worried. 2 hard drives failing in a two week span? Cannot get it to read on multiply computers.

Today, my c: drive stopped working again. will not recognize at all. Same as first 150gb, except that this is a brand new 300gb Velociraptor drive. Not much on it aside from Windows, couple files, and a few programs.

Getting really desperate and worried. I don't know where to start looking for problems. Assuming its hardware related. Any help is MUCH appreciated.

 

[threednonsense]

Wrong thread...

 

[rand_79]

I'd say its troubling they failed .. if they lasted for 5 years they shouldnt die immediately in a new system.

Id say the highest failure rate for me is usually during first 30-90 days (if they arent DOA)

so its troubling they lasted 5 years then died fast in a new computer.

I dont think there is any good easy explanation for this.

you might start by checking what it isnt... a virus... bad psu.. bad motherboard.. etc.

dropping a metal item onto concrete btw.. produces extremely high instantaneous g-forces (no padding)

 

[threednonsense]

Thing is, I don't think he said they died immediately when switching. If they did, that would only prove this to be more of a fact. It's happened numerous times to me where I've had the drive for like four years, take it out a few times..., mostly for backup or solving a problem, then put it back and all of a sudden it dies.

I don't see what's so hard to understand or why it's a big deal, Hd's is the most common part that would go out naturally.

And people, don't be bringing up how your "E machine" totally broke down on you and the only thing saved was the hd. Buying cheap stuff is asking for trouble already.

 

[pjmelect]

I still say if you get multiple hard drive failures you should look at the air flow over the drive. I have encountered this problem many times often due to clogged up front air vents.