Hard drive knackered? (Again) Stop Error 000000x7b

"nesredep egrob" wrote:

> On Mon, 3 Mar 2008 11:10:00 -0800, kleefarr <kleefarr RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote:
>
> >Yes Bill. I did think it may have been the CD Disk. But, I also tried using
> >another copy of W2K, getting same results.
> >
> >A funny thing happened today as well...
> >
> >Completely different computer, boot from CD using a brand new copy of W2K
> >and got "NTDLR Missing" on a newly formatted drive as well???
> >
> >Maybe this could indicate something along the lines of nesredep egrob's
> >reply below.
> >
> >"Bill James" wrote:
> >
> >> If you are having problems installing Windows with multiple hard drives, and the same Windows Setup CD, what clue does that give?
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >> Bill James
> >>
> >>
> >> "kleefarr" <kleefarr RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:62C35801-8D44-4C6A-8893-67BE028779A7@microsoft.com...
> >> > Have returned the hard drive and am waiting for a replacement.
> >> >
> >> > In the meantime I thought I would reinstall my old drive. This had been
> >> > working fine for ages and was installing windows on it wh the install froze.
> >> > Retried and the same thing.
> >> >
>
> >> >> > "kleefarr" <kleefarr RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> >> > news:7CD0A857-7BB8-4871-A828-9172520C999A@microsoft.com...
> >> >> > > Have just finsihed diagnostics. Not looking good.
> >> >> > >
> >> >> > > 1. Ran short test - result: A failure was detected run long test
> >> >> > >
> >> >> > > 2. Ran long test - result: Froze @ 26% LBA 41721856
> >> >> > > Ran long test again: Froze @ 8% LBA 13303808
> >> >> > > Ran long test a third time: Froze @ 3% LBA 5978112
> >> >> > >
> >> >> > > TEMP 33oC
> >> >> > >
> >> >> > > 3. Ran Acoustic test: ok
> >> >> > >
> >> >> > > 4. Started full erase: Froze 11% LBA 17676032
> >> >> > >
> >> >> > >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > After the first failure I'd have gotten an RMA!
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> So I had a cabinet with a motherboard standing there and I dropped the drive in
> - still no go - I have cable select set on the hard drive - however this MB has
> only one socket for IDE and the cable has two inputs - one from the hard drive
> and one from the Rom Drive - so was the hard disk faulty - not at all the cable
> select was not set on the Rom drive - set that and I was away.
> Hard drive has now done more than 30 hours with no fault.
>
> Borge in sunny Perth, Australia
>
>

Not having that problem. I have two IDE channels, two HDDs one (eventually)
and a CDrom and DVDRW on the other.
Another strange thing has started happening. When the insall freezes, the
video goes off sometiimes.
Have check with another monitor, same thing. I know it's not a power issue,
well I hope not, as I forked out for a Corsair 750W PSU about three months
ago.
Thinking it may be the ram. Can you run MEMtest without any other harware
installed? (Obviously need a CDRom)
Hoping it's not the motherboard as I only got that six months ago
(Secondhand).
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I have discovered something...

I have progressed to adding the second HDD and let it running for an hour.
No problems.
Next I decided to add the graphics card. Changed bios from onboard graphics
to card and windows crashed and switched off when it got to the "Starting
windows" screen. Um.

Changed back to onboard Graphics and the same thing happened, until I
removed the graphics card from the MB then windows booted ok and is running
now.
It was strange though as it did start a couple of times with the graphics
card but when I opened the CD Drive tray the systwm turnd off. Could it
indeed be my new power supply??? Corsair TX 750W I hope not, although it is
still in warranty.

Just checking the voltages in PC HEalth Status and all are fluctuating by
..01 - .09 and there is no -5v reading. Is this normal?

I will add my firewire card next and see what happens.

"kleefarr" wrote:

> I thought I would just try one more time...
>
> This time I unplugged everything from the motherboard except CPU and
> replaced the memory and IDE cables. I changed one of the IDE cables, the one
> going to the CD drive. It was an ultra 80 ide cable and swapped it for a
> standard 40 ide cable. Installed power supply in the case.
> So both ram sticks , psu, cpu, CD drive and one of my old 10g HDDs.
> Installed windows without any updates no problem.
> Left it running for an hour and then added an external DVDRW. Has now being
> running for over two hours. This is the longest it has been going for ages.
>
> Could it have been the Ultra 80 IDE cable to the CD drive?
> I wouldn't have thought that would have made any difference.
>
> Anyway, I will add an item of hardware at a time including a second 320G HDD
> and then eventually connect it to the net and download all the windows
> updates.
>
> Fingers crossed.
>
>
> "kleefarr" wrote:
>
> > Installed a new hard drive yesterday, loaded windows and updated everything.
> > Ws running fine. Today, transfered some files over to the new drive. Got a
> > light grinding noise, computer restarted by it's self and now gives a stop
> > error 000000x7b and will not start in safe mode or boot from cd.
> >
> > Is there anything I can do or is it another RMA job?
> >
> > Kevin
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Since the Graphics card has been out...

It's been running fully updated, two HDDs and External DVDRW, also the
firewire card installed. Has been running like that since this morning coming
up for 12 hours now and no problems. Not sure if I should muck around just
yet. Will probably check the CPU/HSF when I get around to putting it all back
in the case.
Think I'll leave it running for a few more days first.

Then may try putting in the Graphics card again and see what happens.

"kleefarr" wrote:

> I have discovered something...
>
> I have progressed to adding the second HDD and let it running for an hour.
> No problems.
> Next I decided to add the graphics card. Changed bios from onboard graphics
> to card and windows crashed and switched off when it got to the "Starting
> windows" screen. Um.
>
> Changed back to onboard Graphics and the same thing happened, until I
> removed the graphics card from the MB then windows booted ok and is running
> now.
> It was strange though as it did start a couple of times with the graphics
> card but when I opened the CD Drive tray the systwm turnd off. Could it
> indeed be my new power supply??? Corsair TX 750W I hope not, although it is
> still in warranty.
>
> Just checking the voltages in PC HEalth Status and all are fluctuating by
> .01 - .09 and there is no -5v reading. Is this normal?
>
> I will add my firewire card next and see what happens.
>
> "kleefarr" wrote:
>
> > I thought I would just try one more time...
> >
> > This time I unplugged everything from the motherboard except CPU and
> > replaced the memory and IDE cables. I changed one of the IDE cables, the one
> > going to the CD drive. It was an ultra 80 ide cable and swapped it for a
> > standard 40 ide cable. Installed power supply in the case.
> > So both ram sticks , psu, cpu, CD drive and one of my old 10g HDDs.
> > Installed windows without any updates no problem.
> > Left it running for an hour and then added an external DVDRW. Has now being
> > running for over two hours. This is the longest it has been going for ages.
> >
> > Could it have been the Ultra 80 IDE cable to the CD drive?
> > I wouldn't have thought that would have made any difference.
> >
> > Anyway, I will add an item of hardware at a time including a second 320G HDD
> > and then eventually connect it to the net and download all the windows
> > updates.
> >
> > Fingers crossed.
> >
> >
> > "kleefarr" wrote:
> >
> > > Installed a new hard drive yesterday, loaded windows and updated everything.
> > > Ws running fine. Today, transfered some files over to the new drive. Got a
> > > light grinding noise, computer restarted by it's self and now gives a stop
> > > error 000000x7b and will not start in safe mode or boot from cd.
> > >
> > > Is there anything I can do or is it another RMA job?
> > >
> > > Kevin
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