[SOLVED] Disks acting sus

[Brrrunno]

Hi!

I have a problem with two of my disks, one SSD and one HDD. They work as usual, I can copy, move or install things on them. The problem starts when I want to play games, they will take a LOT to start, textures and animations won't load, and sometimes it suddenly crashes the entire S.O, forcing me to restart with the physical button.

This happened after I sent the PC in warranty, because the graphics card had a very loud coil whine. They said that the card was replaced with a new one, I don't really believe them because coil whine is still there, but that's not important.

All disks were wiped yesterday, I even reinstalled Windows and, of course, the games.

This problem only happens with some games, tested with Fortnite, Warzone, BO Cold War and Assassin's Creed 4 (last one doesn't even start, it keeps loading forever). Light games, as Rocket League, Cuphead and some old 2009 games work with no problems.

There's an important detail: I tried to install Fortnite on my main disk (M.2 SSD) and it works with no problems. That's why I think the problem is with my disks, and not with the card.

My specs:

• Intel Core i7 9700F
• GTX 1660 Super 6GB OC
• 16 GB RAM DDR4
• Gigabye B365M DS3H
• Windows 10

Of course I have all drivers up to date. I also tried with chkdsk, no problems detected. Sorry for my bad english

Collection of evidence:

https://imgur.com/a/duCrEZi

View: https://imgur.com/a/duCrEZi

 

[CountMike]

Hi!

I have a problem with two of my disks, one SSD and one HDD. They work as usual, I can copy, move or install things on them. The problem starts when I want to play games, they will take a LOT to start, textures and animations won't load, and sometimes it suddenly crashes the entire S.O, forcing me to restart with the physical button.

This happened after I sent the PC in warranty, because the graphics card had a very loud coil whine. They said that the card was replaced with a new one, I don't really believe them because coil whine is still there, but that's not important.

All disks were wiped yesterday, I even reinstalled Windows and, of course, the games.

This problem only happens with some games, tested with Fortnite, Warzone, BO Cold War and Assassin's Creed 4 (last one doesn't even start, it keeps loading forever). Light games, as Rocket League, Cuphead and some old 2009 games work with no problems.

There's an important detail: I tried to install Fortnite on my main disk (M.2 SSD) and it works with no problems. That's why I think the problem is with my disks, and not with the card.

My specs:

• Intel Core i7 9700F
• GTX 1660 Super 6GB OC
• 16 GB RAM DDR4
• Gigabye B365M DS3H
• Windows 10

Of course I have all drivers up to date. I also tried with chkdsk, no problems detected. Sorry for my bad english

Collection of evidence:

https://imgur.com/a/duCrEZi

View: https://imgur.com/a/duCrEZi

Games in question installed and run from HDD ?

 

[Brrrunno]

Games in question installed and run from HDD ?

Yes, I also tried installing them on SSD, same behaviour.

 

[SkyNetRising]

I have a problem with two of my disks, one SSD and one HDD. They work as usual, I can copy, move or install things on them. The problem starts when I want to play games, they will take a LOT to start, textures and animations won't load, and sometimes it suddenly crashes the entire S.O, forcing me to restart with the physical button.

Check health of your storage devices. Use HDtune health.

I'd actually suspect issue with GPU (not storage devices). Check GPU temperatures use MSI Afterburtner.

 

[Brrrunno]

Check health of your storage devices. Use HDtune health.

I's actually suspect issue with GPU (not storage devices). Check GPU temperatures use MSI Afterburtner.

I thought it was a GPU issue too, but I tried installing Fortnite on main disk (M2 SSD) and it worked as usual.

Tests:

https://imgur.com/a/r7Z9kGD

Edit: that error may seem suspicious, but the SSD acts the same way and it doesn't show any errors.
View: https://imgur.com/a/r7Z9kGD

 

[SkyNetRising]

Edit: that error may seem suspicious, but the SSD acts the same way and it doesn't show any errors.

Replace sata cable (from HDD to motherboard).

 

[Brrrunno]

Replace sata cable (from HDD to motherboard).

I was expecting nothing, but it worked!
I just switched cables, but I think it's a good idea to replace them as soon as I can. Thank you so much!