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[TouqeerHussian]

i have hp z400 workstation it is working before 3 days ago but when 2 days ago i boot it it shows hard drive error i boot it again and it works fine agter 1.5 hours it shutdown proper automatically but when i boot it again after 3 seconds it turns off again and then after 2 hours it shows hard drive error again
please if any one got a solution tell me
Thanks.......

 

[MarkW]

My guess is that something is failing. Right now, my guess would be the hard drive might be, but it could be a power supply problem, and there are lessor chances that it could be memory or the motherboard.

I think I would run a Check Disk on it and see what it reports. To do this, open My Computer or Explorer, right click on the C: drive, select the Properties entry at the bottom of that menu, and then a panel will open up and Tools will be the second tab there. Select that, and the top entry should be Check Disk. This will attempt to read the data that is already in each sector on the hard drive, and then write that out to an empty sector, and then do some pattern write/read tests, trying to test if there are sectors that it cannot read, or sectors that it cannot write to, or if what is written to a sector is not what it then reads from that same sector. This can take a very long time. Let it complete.

If it shows that you have bad sectors, then your hard drive is likely failing, and you should get as much of your data off of it as quickly as you can. Once you have done your best with that, I would replace the drive.

If there are no bad sectors, then it could be that the hard drive electronics or the motor that spins the platters is going bad.

These machines have been sold at for at least the last 5 years. I suspect some parts might have reached their end of life times.

 

[rdc85]

aren't that means the HDD need replacement? check the cable & connector..

if all fine/no loose connection..
try check the disk integrity at another system.. backup and replace if necessary..

 

[TouqeerHussian]

now i try to boot my pc for checkdsk i it strart and it shudown after 3 seconds

 

[rdc85]

if it's already fail, u need another working system/pc to check.. (friends/office/neighbor/family)

installing it as secondary drive in other then check it with chkdsk/r <drive letter>:

 

[MarkW]

Yeah, if you cannot run Check Disk, it obviously cannot tell you whats wrong.

Try plugging it into a different SATA port, then powering up.

 

[TouqeerHussian]

i unplug every thing HDD/DVD ROM/RAM/GPU
now i turn my pc on it suppost to be beeping and red lighting
but
it start and 3 sec shut down i thinks its motherboard

 

[rdc85]

try turn on with ram and gpu installed

no hdd and dvd-rom, see if it pass post screen and stable (no turn off by it self)..

if it turn off by it self, either mobo/psu..
it's kinda hard to determine since it's build up, some (BIOS) are programed to auto turn off to protect from harm..

 

[TouqeerHussian]

yes i try to boot with gpu and ram no good i think the mobo i fucked up

 

[rdc85]

to bad to hear it, see if you still under warranty...

 

[MarkW]

try turn on with ram and gpu installed

no hdd and dvd-rom, see if it pass post screen and stable (no turn off by it self)..

if it turn off by it self, either mobo/psu..
it's kinda hard to determine since it's build up, some (BIOS) are programed to auto turn off to protect from harm..

Are you hearing any beeps when you try to turn it on?

 

[TouqeerHussian]

hay guyz its the power button failure
i fixed it and my pc is working good

 

[rdc85]

thanks for the update.. never thought off that..

Glad it's all worked out..