Comments on: Very strange hard drive failure symptoms

By: EroticaXP

EroticaXP — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:48:34 +0000

Another one for the knowledge base. I once had a client with a MSI notebook. I have previously installed Windows on that laptop a while ago but due to user’s lack of experience i had to do it again. I started installing until a point when blue screen (BSOD) ocurred. I ran all the test necessary MemTest+ and a series of HDD tests. All the HDD test said that the HDD is gonna crash soon due to SMART parameters. I told the customer to buy a new HDD which he did. I installed the new HDD in the notebook and succesfully installed Windows on it. The old HDD was given to me by the previous owner to do what i see fit with it. I plugged it in to my desktop computer and was easily recognized. When i saw that it was working i copied all the important and unrecoverable data my client had and formatted the drive. Gave back the laptop and data to my client and came back to the HDD issue. I tested the HDD on my desktop with previous tests to find out that now SMART parameters are within limits. I am using that HDD ever since (about an year ago). I have ran tests under Windows too using different softwares and the HDD seems to be fine.

By: cj2600

cj2600 — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 06:04:53 +0000

mark,

i have a toshiba satellite p30-110 when switched on u can hear the cooling fans running but the screen is so dark that its unreadable. everything runs ok. the blue light around power button stays on. also i’ve noticed that the hd light stays green all the time with nothing appearing on the monitor.

1. Remove the hard drive. Try starting the laptop with hard drive removed. Can you get image on the screen this way?
2. Try reseating memory modules. Remove them one by one. Test the laptop with each module separately.

By: mark

mark — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:10:25 +0000

i have a toshiba satellite p30-110 when switched on u can hear the cooling fans running but the screen is so dark that its unreadable. everything runs ok. the blue light around power button stays on. also i’ve noticed that the hd light stays green all the time with nothing appearing on the monitor. i got the pc 4rm my dads office. i found out that the hd has been tempered. pls tell me the problem

By: Maroof

Maroof — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 17:22:06 +0000

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By: mukesh

mukesh — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 14:49:53 +0000

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By: cj2600

cj2600 — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 06:02:35 +0000

Vilam Rivera,

My Toshiva laptop will continuosly repeat a letter or sign and will not accept any command, I just push all keys until it stops. what could be wrong, does it have solution.

Sounds like you have a stuck key on the keyboard. You’ll have to replace the keyboard.
Also, it’s possible that you have a problem with the keyboard controller on the motherboard but it’s not a common problem.

By: Vilma Rivera

Vilma Rivera — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:31:44 +0000

My Toshiva laptop will continuosly repeat a letter or sign and will not accept any command, I just push all keys until it stops. what could be wrong, does it have solution.

By: Charles Sambani

Charles Sambani — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 09:45:16 +0000

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By: Pranab

Pranab — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:05:59 +0000

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By: richard

richard — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:56:00 +0000

i use to have this same problems too on most of the laptops. on most of the solutions to the drive i use hirens boot disk to fix it. sometimes bad sectors cause much to the drive.