Hard Drive Randomly Disconnecting

[Mathriiix]

Hello, I've been experiencing issues with my PC recently, and any of your help is appreciated.

I've just built up my PC some months and, couple months later i added a 2nd hard drive because of my old hard drive running low on space.
The new hard drive is a Seagate Barracuda 1Tb.

After i installed it on my PC it seems fine, but some moment later, about 1~2 hours later, i started experiencing problems. The hard drive making a "click" sound one time, and the drive disappear, but then i open Disk Management, and rescan the disk, and it reappear. It repeatedly disappear randomly, and sometimes it goes Blue screen.

Sometimes my old hard drive disappear too, and made the PC freeze. At first I though i had the problem with the PSU, than i tried to unplug the power from my CD/DVD so the power goes only to both my Hard Drive, but then it still freeze/disappear.

Both of my hard drive is healthy and got no problem.

Please help me, because soon i need to use my PC to render movie!

 

[Mathriiix]

If you need any specification of my PC, tell me. Please, I really need to solve this problem fast.

 

[JPNpower]

Might be a cable problem. Either bad cable, bad connection, or bad plug (on drive or motherboard). Try plugging it in with another cable, or to another motherboard port.

 

[Mathriiix]

Might be a cable problem. Either bad cable, bad connection, or bad plug (on drive or motherboard). Try plugging it in with another cable, or to another motherboard port.

First of all, Thanks!

But i've tried that before with many cables, and i think that doesn't solve the problem. But, since I unplug the power from my CD/DVD, the drive ain't disappear anymore, but it still freeze after some moments, and sometimes BSOD.

Any help appreciated

 

[D_Know_WD]

Hi there Mathriiix,

It could be your PSU that is causing the issues. Unfortunately, the easiest way to see whether this is the case is to just borrow one from somebody and try it on your system.
Apart from that, you've done some decent troubleshooting.
Have you tested the drive with a tool that provides S.M.A.R.T. report? In case you haven't, you can do that.

Another thing you can do is to just update your MOBO's drivers.

Cheers,
D_Know_WD

 

[JPNpower]

A good S.M.A.R.T tool is CrystalDiskInfo. Very easy to read.

 

[Mathriiix]

Hi there Mathriiix,

It could be your PSU that is causing the issues. Unfortunately, the easiest way to see whether this is the case is to just borrow one from somebody and try it on your system.
Apart from that, you've done some decent troubleshooting.
Have you tested the drive with a tool that provides S.M.A.R.T. report? In case you haven't, you can do that.

Another thing you can do is to just update your MOBO's drivers.

Cheers,
D_Know_WD

So, i've tried to test it with Hard Disk Sentinel, and everything just went fine, 100% healthy, both of my disk.
I'll try to update my MoBo's Driver next.
And maybe i'll consider changing my PSU anytime soon