What kind of failure? Is it dead? Is it corrupt? Have you run diagnostics from the drive manufacturer? Have you tried the drives in another machine?
Some sort of power surge could certainly do it but it sure should affect more than the hard drive. Is the machine on some sort of ups or just a surge suppressor? Need more info, Rich. Ben Moore -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Thomas Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 12:04 PM To: pcworks; Electronic Hardware Repair Subject: PCWorks: Hard drive failures I have a customers custom amd pc that has had three hard drives fail in a two week period. I scan for virus and spy ware and find none. I have selected hard drives from two different manufactures and the problem still persists. I suspect the power supply may be the problem but it tests fine using a power supply tester. I suspect the son of the owner of the pc is downloading something that may be causing this failure, or is it possible that faulty house current could cause this problem. I have never had this many hard drive failures on one pc in this short of time before and do not want to keep changing the hard drives. Any suggestions would be appreciated...rich ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
