- Joined
- Mar 7, 2006
- Location
- Connecticut
When I finished tinkering with the heatsink for my CPU and turned on my computer it was hanging at the IDE check during BIOS load. I fiddled with it and determined it was my slave drive causing an issue. I take out the drive and find this:
The plastic case is bubbled from what I guess was extreme heat. I threw the drive in the freezer and hooked it up. It has been running since. Luckily that drive was my designated storage drive so I immediately backed up my important files. The drive is still running...but I'm assuming it's time for a new drive.
I'm looking at buying a paid of 640gb SATAII drives and running them in raid. I'm on a tight budget but am looking to upgrade my slow and obviously aging IDE drives.
The plastic case is bubbled from what I guess was extreme heat. I threw the drive in the freezer and hooked it up. It has been running since. Luckily that drive was my designated storage drive so I immediately backed up my important files. The drive is still running...but I'm assuming it's time for a new drive.
I'm looking at buying a paid of 640gb SATAII drives and running them in raid. I'm on a tight budget but am looking to upgrade my slow and obviously aging IDE drives.