- Joined
- Jan 25, 2006
- Location
- Timisoara
1600+ (1400Mhz) Athlon XP, oc'ed to 1750Mhz, generic 300w PSU, putting out 3.20V, 4.87V, 12.46V under idle load, 2 ATA 40Gb hard drives (one Maxtor, one Seagate), GeForce 2 MX400
I turn on the PC, and I hear it trying to spin up the Maxtor, and trying, and trying (for like 5-10 secs) then the power cuts off. SO, I turn off the PSU switch to let it calm down (nothing else works) for 10 secs, then try again. This time I hear the Maxtor finally spinning up to speed (after another 1-2 seconds of trying), but nothing else after this. Blank screen. I push the reset button, and now everything is working properly. I did burn-in test for hours after some of these power-ons, with no trouble at all. Sometimes, the Maxtor manages to spin-up the first time around, but I still get a black screen, and have to hit the reset button to get it working properly.
I've tried under-clocking my CPU, and removing the other HDD, and it seems to like that - it starts with more ease.
Is my Maxtor going the way of the dinosaurus, or could that be my PSU acting out???
I turn on the PC, and I hear it trying to spin up the Maxtor, and trying, and trying (for like 5-10 secs) then the power cuts off. SO, I turn off the PSU switch to let it calm down (nothing else works) for 10 secs, then try again. This time I hear the Maxtor finally spinning up to speed (after another 1-2 seconds of trying), but nothing else after this. Blank screen. I push the reset button, and now everything is working properly. I did burn-in test for hours after some of these power-ons, with no trouble at all. Sometimes, the Maxtor manages to spin-up the first time around, but I still get a black screen, and have to hit the reset button to get it working properly.
I've tried under-clocking my CPU, and removing the other HDD, and it seems to like that - it starts with more ease.
Is my Maxtor going the way of the dinosaurus, or could that be my PSU acting out???