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ratcatcher · 02-12-09, 01:08 PM

just upgraded to am3 got the t-series biostar board and the amd athlon quad core and 4 gig of ram now when i put my pc together with my 2 500 gig western digital hdd the d drive will suddenly spin down and if i try and access it it will take about 30 seconds to open it does this about 7 times a day if u shut your pc down the very last noise you hear thats the noise it makes hdd spinning down please im open to any suggestions both hdd are 3 months old nowt wrong with hdd run diagnostics on it i am on windows 7 64 bit if it helps please please help 250 pound just to have problems is not mny idea of a joke

elli5on · 03-12-09, 11:07 PM

Let me clarify this, your having an issue with 1 of the 2 Hard drives you have installed? In that it's making a slow loading noise, causing access times to be seriously affected?

reddiesel · 04-12-09, 12:37 AM

Is your PSU up to the job ?

Shazbom · 16-12-09, 02:56 PM

Try RMA it man. i had this problem and it wasted my 1 week time till i RMA'd it. lol

02-12-09, 01:08 PM	#1 (permalink)
ratcatcher Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 563 Thanks: 281 Thanked 93 Times in 85 Posts	please help just upgraded to am3 got the t-series biostar board and the amd athlon quad core and 4 gig of ram now when i put my pc together with my 2 500 gig western digital hdd the d drive will suddenly spin down and if i try and access it it will take about 30 seconds to open it does this about 7 times a day if u shut your pc down the very last noise you hear thats the noise it makes hdd spinning down please im open to any suggestions both hdd are 3 months old nowt wrong with hdd run diagnostics on it i am on windows 7 64 bit if it helps please please help 250 pound just to have problems is not mny idea of a joke

03-12-09, 11:07 PM	#2 (permalink)
elli5on Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 390 Thanks: 54 Thanked 66 Times in 62 Posts	Re: please help Let me clarify this, your having an issue with 1 of the 2 Hard drives you have installed? In that it's making a slow loading noise, causing access times to be seriously affected?

04-12-09, 12:37 AM	#3 (permalink)
reddiesel Super Moderator Join Date: May 2007 Location: Beds Posts: 5,708 Thanks: 176 Thanked 957 Times in 839 Posts	Re: please help Is your PSU up to the job ? __________________

16-12-09, 02:56 PM	#4 (permalink)
Shazbom Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 13 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: please help Try RMA it man. i had this problem and it wasted my 1 week time till i RMA'd it. lol