strange PC behavior

[food4thots]

i've been having recurring problem w/ my PC lately. it would boot up and not recognize the 2 HDDs. even in bios, both drives will show up as "Unknown". i've been able to make it work by pulling out the IDE ribbons and reattaching them. but this same proble will reoccur in a few days. sometimes when i am in windows it, would freeze, and when i restart, it reverts to the same problem. each time i would have to pry my PC case open to reattach the cable.

has anyone had this similar problem in the past? if so, i would appreciate the feekback.

TIA

 

[Rhin0]

I have that same problem with a WD drive that going dead on me.

I took it out of the case and gave it a whack, reinstalled the cables and it has been working fine again for almost 4 months. The click of death even went away. But yeah it usedd to lock up my windows and come up with a disk error. never said unknown though. You may have a diferenct issue

-I'm not advocating whacking your drive-

 

[food4thots]

anyone else