- Aug 23, 2007
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I am at a loss trying to figure out what's going on with my system. I originally believed the cause was my SSD (120GB Vertex 3) but after replacing it with a 128GB 840 Pro, similar issues remain.
Occasionally, when booting into Windows (both 7 and 8 showed the same issue), my SSD will operate fine (as it should since its the OS drive) but my second drive, a Seagate Barracuda 2TB ST2000DM001 will become inaccessible. This drive holds all my data including My Documents/Downloads/Music/etc. To resolve this, I have to do completely power down my system (sometimes Windows shut down doesn't work and I have to flip the switch on the PSU). I have to switch off the PSU, unplug the power cord from the PSU and then wait a few minutes. After a few minutes, I then plug everything back in. Once I do that, both drives work fine and I can access files on the 2TB drive.
Any Ideas? I've tried a different SATA port, different cable, same result. The only conclusion I have left is that 2TB drives take a while to spin-up (based on a Google search) and that may cause problems. I ran the Seagate Tools software and the drive checks out fine.
System Specs:
Athlon II x4 620
Asus M4A785-M (only SATA2 ports)
4 sticks of 1GB DDR2 (sadly they're mixed, 2 of Crucial DDR2800 and 2 sticks of different brands at different speeds).
Geforce GT240
128GB Samsung 840 Pro (Boot/System Drive running Windows 8)
2TB Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM001
2 Sata DVD burners
OCZ 600 Watt PSU
Thanks
Occasionally, when booting into Windows (both 7 and 8 showed the same issue), my SSD will operate fine (as it should since its the OS drive) but my second drive, a Seagate Barracuda 2TB ST2000DM001 will become inaccessible. This drive holds all my data including My Documents/Downloads/Music/etc. To resolve this, I have to do completely power down my system (sometimes Windows shut down doesn't work and I have to flip the switch on the PSU). I have to switch off the PSU, unplug the power cord from the PSU and then wait a few minutes. After a few minutes, I then plug everything back in. Once I do that, both drives work fine and I can access files on the 2TB drive.
Any Ideas? I've tried a different SATA port, different cable, same result. The only conclusion I have left is that 2TB drives take a while to spin-up (based on a Google search) and that may cause problems. I ran the Seagate Tools software and the drive checks out fine.
System Specs:
Athlon II x4 620
Asus M4A785-M (only SATA2 ports)
4 sticks of 1GB DDR2 (sadly they're mixed, 2 of Crucial DDR2800 and 2 sticks of different brands at different speeds).
Geforce GT240
128GB Samsung 840 Pro (Boot/System Drive running Windows 8)
2TB Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM001
2 Sata DVD burners
OCZ 600 Watt PSU
Thanks
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