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Quick question, could this be the graphics card? If I were to take the card out while Windows boots, would it work?
Quick question, could this be the graphics card? If I were to take the card out while Windows boots, would it work?
Did you tried to use another HD anyway ?
Yes trying to analyze it on another computer would be a nice option.
PS : lol is there a reason why someone would get banned ?
drive failures happen all the time...
it happens on WD hitachi and pretty much every company...
also CQ doesn't always catch everything...
one question
if the drive is recognized in the bios can you hear it spinning, does it click or does do no noise at all?
i would be careful about pulling anything out of a running system...
most likely what will happen is that it will shutdown instantly...
Oh, real quick, I plugged my HD into the 2nd SATA port. There are four red SATA ports and two black ones. Would plugging one into a different one do the trick?
so you do hear it spinning right?
i dont really know if your mobo supports it but can you do a HDD self test?
it might point out something...
might as well take out as many variables out of the problem
it might be possible that your mobo might be able to boot without a Video card but its unlikely as most halt if they dont recognize a video card installed...
you can try but most likely it wont do anything AFAIK...
As far as I know, there is no self HDD test. I did run a surface test and came back with one error.
I'll be putting it in another system today and keep you posted. Thanks for all the help by the way!
Is it a PC- or laptop your using? I wouldnt reccomend taking it out of a laptop but if its a desktop, you could do that... and inspect the hdd for errors etc... manually.