HDD Freeze? No activity?

• deathscythe99

  16 Apr 06, 23:18

  But...there is still power supplied to the CPU. (cos drives still work, but no activity from the HDD LED)
  
  And my screen just flickers as if it is in hibernation mode, and no matter wad I do it does not return back to Windows, end up have to restart.
  
  Happens all the time, and varying frequencies after startup. Could it be due to a recent trip which my desktop occurred? What can I do to troubleshoot the problem?
  
  P.S. I was watching videos once and it just died on me suddenly...so...
• ndmmxiaomayi

  17 Apr 06, 08:45

  The trip could have damaged your HDD or motherboard. You probably have to buy a new mobo or HDD, depending on the damage.
• deathscythe99

  18 Apr 06, 22:01

  But...HDD and mobo still working now...?
  
  Do I send it down for checks? It's gigabyte btw
• ndmmxiaomayi

  18 Apr 06, 22:13

  Originally posted by deathscythe99:

  But...HDD and mobo still working now...?
  
  Do I send it down for checks? It's gigabyte btw

  Send it down for checks. If there's no damage, it could be other reasons. If there's damage, just buy another one. Sometimes, things aren't damaged very badly, so it still can work, but maybe giving problems.
• alwaysdisturbed

  18 Apr 06, 22:13

  Originally posted by deathscythe99:

  But...HDD and mobo still working now...?
  
  Do I send it down for checks? It's gigabyte btw

  wrkin?
  if its wrkin den it shld b ok wat...
• deathscythe99

  18 Apr 06, 23:34

  Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:

  Send it down for checks. If there's no damage, it could be other reasons. If there's damage, just buy another one. Sometimes, things aren't damaged very badly, so it still can work, but maybe giving problems.

  Hmm...okay....
  
  Like it's working NOW as I speak.
  
  But somehow leave it by itself for some time it will auto-die o.O