SSD's Ongoing Corrupt Files

[sprintz25]

Hi,
Started having this problem about 18 months ago, would start up computer and it would then freeze.
I’d then run scandisk etc and find numerous corrupted files and the odd bad sector. I assumed that the OCZ SSD was giving me troubles which is why I bought the Kingston SSD. I installed a fresh copy of Windows 7 on the Kingston drive the computer ran absolutely fine, then 3 – 4 months later had the same issue. This issue continued to repeat itself for over a year before I replaced the motherboard. Its been about 3-4 months since then and I turned the computer on on Sunday and it crashed. Did a scan and numerous corrupt files and bad sectors. I’ve done fresh Windows installs so many times over the last few years its getting very very annoying.
I’m going to replace the RAM and see what happens as I really don’t want to swap out the CPU (too expensive).
My main concern (after spending so much money trying to get to the root cause) is that the memory controller is on the CPU. I have a bad feeling that the CPU is passing the diagnostic but is really faulty and takes some time, after a fresh Windows install for the problems to surface. I know no-one is ever supposed to get a dodgy CPU but I’ve had one in the past (although that was an AMD unit).

Spec’s as follows:
• Intel i5 2500k – not overclocked
• Gskill 1600Mhz DDR3 RAM 2 x 4Gb sticks
• ATI 7970 GPU
• Seasonic 700W PSU
• 128GB OCZ Agility 3 SSD
• 128GB Kingston HyperX SSD
• 1TB WD HDD
• 2TB Seagate HDD
• Asrock Z77 Extreme4-M (Previously Asrock P67 Extreme 6)

Have replaced the following so far with no effect:
• Boot HDD (swapped between both SSD’s numerous times)
• PSU
• Motherboard
• SATA Cables
• Graphics Card

I’ve tried the following:
• Intel CPU diagnostic – fine
• Memory Test (Windows) – fine
• Virus scans – all files-numerous engines – fine
• Malware scans – fine
• Rootkit scan – fine
• Changing RAM sticks out and testing – still crashes
• Windows 7 and Windows 8 as the OS

I do also get some file errors on the normal HDD’s too so I don’t think this is just a SSD issue (i.e 2 faulty SSD’s).

What are your thoughts? Am I missing anything?

I appreciate all comments and recommendations, thanks in advance.

James

 

[spooky2th]

HD errors are normal over time. Is your BIOS and memory set up correctly. Run a decent garbage deleting program then a HD scanner/maintenance program too. I use system mechanic and it keeps my ssd's both humming right a long. Check to see if the trim function is activated and working too.

 

[ingtar33]

Hi,
Started having this problem about 18 months ago, would start up computer and it would then freeze.
I’d then run scandisk etc and find numerous corrupted files and the odd bad sector. I assumed that the OCZ SSD was giving me troubles which is why I bought the Kingston SSD. I installed a fresh copy of Windows 7 on the Kingston drive the computer ran absolutely fine, then 3 – 4 months later had the same issue. This issue continued to repeat itself for over a year before I replaced the motherboard. Its been about 3-4 months since then and I turned the computer on on Sunday and it crashed. Did a scan and numerous corrupt files and bad sectors. I’ve done fresh Windows installs so many times over the last few years its getting very very annoying.
I’m going to replace the RAM and see what happens as I really don’t want to swap out the CPU (too expensive).
My main concern (after spending so much money trying to get to the root cause) is that the memory controller is on the CPU. I have a bad feeling that the CPU is passing the diagnostic but is really faulty and takes some time, after a fresh Windows install for the problems to surface. I know no-one is ever supposed to get a dodgy CPU but I’ve had one in the past (although that was an AMD unit).

Spec’s as follows:
• Intel i5 2500k – not overclocked
• Gskill 1600Mhz DDR3 RAM 2 x 4Gb sticks
• ATI 7970 GPU
• Seasonic 700W PSU
• 128GB OCZ Agility 3 SSD
• 128GB Kingston HyperX SSD
• 1TB WD HDD
• 2TB Seagate HDD
• Asrock Z77 Extreme4-M (Previously Asrock P67 Extreme 6)

Have replaced the following so far with no effect:
• Boot HDD (swapped between both SSD’s numerous times)
• PSU
• Motherboard
• SATA Cables
• Graphics Card

I’ve tried the following:
• Intel CPU diagnostic – fine
• Memory Test (Windows) – fine
• Virus scans – all files-numerous engines – fine
• Malware scans – fine
• Rootkit scan – fine
• Changing RAM sticks out and testing – still crashes
• Windows 7 and Windows 8 as the OS

I do also get some file errors on the normal HDD’s too so I don’t think this is just a SSD issue (i.e 2 faulty SSD’s).

What are your thoughts? Am I missing anything?

I appreciate all comments and recommendations, thanks in advance.

James

well SSDs are only as reliable as your psu... so it is entirely possible you have a rare lame seasonic psu... the normal hd issues however... lots of things can damage one of those... heck, just having an unstable cpu can do the job.

 

[sprintz25]

Thanks for your quick reply spooky. I'm not talking about a few small errors during scans, I'm talking about Windows booting up and then crashing as soon as it loads up. Then when I run a scan there are hundreds of file system errors and a few bad sectors. So its bad enough that a full erase and fresh Windows install is required.

Trim is definitely on for both drives and I do run regular maintenance although I usually use Tuneup utilities, I use to use Sys Mechanic but it got too bloated over the last few years with stuff I dont use. Its registry cleaner also caused registry issues to my machine a few years back which is also why I changed.

 

[spooky2th]

Sys mechanic wrecked my registry too, a couple of times. They have since fixed the problems with updates. Since the first time I always back up the registry with sys mechanic before I allow any changes with the registry. Resetting the registry to the previous registry works great when needed.

Out of the blue I tried Tuneup utilities and it screwed up my OC the first try so I stay with sys mech. Tuneup utilities might be your problem.

 

[sprintz25]

Sys mechanic wrecked my registry too, a couple of times. They have since fixed the problems with updates. Since the first time I always back up the registry with sys mechanic before I allow any changes with the registry. Resetting the registry to the previous registry works great when needed.

Out of the blue I tried Tuneup utilities and it screwed up my OC the first try so I stay with sys mech. Tuneup utilities might be your problem.

I didnt seem to have any problems that were attributable to Tuneup utilities, however, I dont even have it installed on my latest Windows install so it definitely cant have caused the issue. In the past I've had machines that would run for at least 12 months before Windows got a bit slow and you'd do a reformat just to speed things back up. This is totally different to back then. My computer becomes unusable after 3 - 4 months and just constantly crashes upon startup. I really do think my issue is hardware related. The only parts that havent been replaced are my case (Thermaltake Level 10 GT), the CPU and RAM. Of these I'm thinking RAM could be the problem, however, the RAM passes Windows memory test and I've tried removing one stick at a time but the computer still crashes until I do a reformat (even after fixing the corrupted files i.e. they get recorrupted again).

 

[sprintz25]

Sys mechanic wrecked my registry too, a couple of times. They have since fixed the problems with updates. Since the first time I always back up the registry with sys mechanic before I allow any changes with the registry. Resetting the registry to the previous registry works great when needed.

Out of the blue I tried Tuneup utilities and it screwed up my OC the first try so I stay with sys mech. Tuneup utilities might be your problem.

I didnt seem to have any problems that were attributable to Tuneup utilities, however, I dont even have it installed on my latest Windows install so it definitely cant have caused the issue. In the past I've had machines that would run for at least 12 months before Windows got a bit slow and you'd do a reformat just to speed things back up. This is totally different to back then. My computer becomes unusable after 3 - 4 months and just constantly crashes upon startup. I really do think my issue is hardware related. The only parts that havent been replaced are my case (Thermaltake Level 10 GT), the CPU and RAM. Of these I'm thinking RAM could be the problem, however, the RAM passes Windows memory test and I've tried removing one stick at a time but the computer still crashes until I do a reformat (even after fixing the corrupted files i.e. they get recorrupted again).

 

[spooky2th]

What kind of malware protection do you use? Try malware bytes and scan your system.

Also, make sure your bios and memory timings & speed are set up correct.