Hi everyone.
Recently I had been having problems with my computer shutting down during gaming. I hired a technician who advised to have the computer cleaned up, re-apply heat paste etc. and replace the PSU to fix the issue. After this was done, my computer ran smoothly for about a week. I had been monitoring the temperatures for my CPU and GPU and after the maintenance they had gone down and the computer wasn't shutting down anymore.
Then two days ago, I go to start up my computer and I get a S.M.A.R.T. warning window saying the Hard Drive is going to fail and that I need to replace it soon. I boot up my computer after that window and check the status of the Hard Drive using Hard Disc Sentinel and CrystalDisc. They both report a problem with the Spin Retry Count, and Sentinel says it could be either a problem with "motor, bearings or power supply". So I contacted the technician again and he came over to see this and said that the PSU he had installed had nothing to do with it and that I should probably look into replacing the Hard Drive before it failed completely. At this point I'm starting to think he's lying to me, because I feel it's too much of a coincidence that the hard drive happened to start failing right after replacing the PSU, and that the Spin Retry Count error has nothing to do with it. So I decided to ask you guys and see if you can clarify this.
Can replacing the PSU have been the cause of the Spin Retry Count error and could I look into fixing that by either switching to my old PSU again or getting a third one? Or did the new PSU just damage the Hard Drive and it will fail regardless of what I do with the PSU? I'd like to mention that the computer works perfectly: no errors, no freezes, no crashes whatsoever, even though Sentinel says it has 0% Health and 0 days left of life (WTF?).
Thanks guys, sorry for the wall of text but I really hope someone can give me some info.
Recently I had been having problems with my computer shutting down during gaming. I hired a technician who advised to have the computer cleaned up, re-apply heat paste etc. and replace the PSU to fix the issue. After this was done, my computer ran smoothly for about a week. I had been monitoring the temperatures for my CPU and GPU and after the maintenance they had gone down and the computer wasn't shutting down anymore.
Then two days ago, I go to start up my computer and I get a S.M.A.R.T. warning window saying the Hard Drive is going to fail and that I need to replace it soon. I boot up my computer after that window and check the status of the Hard Drive using Hard Disc Sentinel and CrystalDisc. They both report a problem with the Spin Retry Count, and Sentinel says it could be either a problem with "motor, bearings or power supply". So I contacted the technician again and he came over to see this and said that the PSU he had installed had nothing to do with it and that I should probably look into replacing the Hard Drive before it failed completely. At this point I'm starting to think he's lying to me, because I feel it's too much of a coincidence that the hard drive happened to start failing right after replacing the PSU, and that the Spin Retry Count error has nothing to do with it. So I decided to ask you guys and see if you can clarify this.
Can replacing the PSU have been the cause of the Spin Retry Count error and could I look into fixing that by either switching to my old PSU again or getting a third one? Or did the new PSU just damage the Hard Drive and it will fail regardless of what I do with the PSU? I'd like to mention that the computer works perfectly: no errors, no freezes, no crashes whatsoever, even though Sentinel says it has 0% Health and 0 days left of life (WTF?).
Thanks guys, sorry for the wall of text but I really hope someone can give me some info.
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