can a bad mobo make a hdd go bad

Crash893 · 09-01-03, 05:13 PM

can a bad mother board some how currupt a hdd

twump · 09-01-03, 06:27 PM

yes it can

Crash893 · 09-01-03, 07:03 PM

how

DaveSauce · 09-01-03, 08:17 PM

the same way a high FSB on a non-locked mobo can. The data is being transferred so fast that the HD can't keep up, so bits get lost......I don't think it can permenantly ruin a HD, but a bad mobo can certainly corrupt files (and thus force a reformat).

Crash893 · 09-01-03, 08:28 PM

no i know abotu the files

but can a mobo BREAK a hdd

like permiently?

Crash893 · 09-02-03, 02:05 PM

can a bad hdd make a mobo go bad

i just think its weird that my mobo and my hdd went bad at the exact same time

power supply checks out fine

all other components are working fine

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09-01-03, 06:27 PM	#2
twump Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: CA	yes it can
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09-01-03, 07:03 PM	Thread Starter #3
Crash893 "The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed." Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: 22033	how __________________ My Prime95 stats Huzza 1004.793 Years total Noli turbare circulos meos! i'm moving to Theory, Everything works there ' I want to be the unwobbling pivot at the center of an ever-revolving universe; I want to be still.'
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09-01-03, 08:17 PM	#4
DaveSauce Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI	the same way a high FSB on a non-locked mobo can. The data is being transferred so fast that the HD can't keep up, so bits get lost......I don't think it can permenantly ruin a HD, but a bad mobo can certainly corrupt files (and thus force a reformat).
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09-01-03, 08:28 PM	Thread Starter #5
Crash893 "The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed." Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: 22033	no i know abotu the files but can a mobo BREAK a hdd like permiently? __________________ My Prime95 stats Huzza 1004.793 Years total Noli turbare circulos meos! i'm moving to Theory, Everything works there ' I want to be the unwobbling pivot at the center of an ever-revolving universe; I want to be still.'
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09-02-03, 02:05 PM	Thread Starter #6
Crash893 "The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed." Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: 22033	can a bad hdd make a mobo go bad i just think its weird that my mobo and my hdd went bad at the exact same time power supply checks out fine all other components are working fine __________________ My Prime95 stats Huzza 1004.793 Years total Noli turbare circulos meos! i'm moving to Theory, Everything works there ' I want to be the unwobbling pivot at the center of an ever-revolving universe; I want to be still.'
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