Seagate HDD issues

[Desmondo]

So what I thought were RAM problems are likely HDD problems :(

I have 2x 400GB 7200RPM Seagate drives, that I have had since 09/2006.

I got SeaTools and started to run diagnostics:

Drive "C" = OS drive = some games / music / etc

Drive "F" = 2nd drive = games / music / etc

Both fail SMART test instantly

Drive C fails "short drive self test" and "long drive self test"

Drive F completes "short drive self test" and "long drive self test"

Both complete "short generic"

Haven't tried long generic yet.

Any takes on what's going on here? Seems drive C is full of issues, but F just fails the "SMART" test?

[Evilsizer]

you could run scandisk and see if it reports bad sectors. could be data corruption from the heads or something else with the platters. might even be something wrong with the controller on the hd if smart is failing in all tests. could even be a combination of both. no way to tell unless you have specialized hw to test hd's like seagate does.

[Desmondo]

Scandisk didn't show any errors.

[Desmondo]

I've replaced my main HDD.

Still getting BSODs :(

Since the BSODs started, I've replaced my RAM and now my main HDD.

[Evilsizer]

if the computer is oc'd then put it to stock speeds. what happens then?

[ciku]

After resetting bios back to stock speeds and still getting bsod, run memtest or better yet, post which bsod error your getting...