Comments on: Very strange hard drive failure symptoms http://www.laptoprepair101.com/laptop/2006/11/03/strange-hard-drive-failure-symptoms/ Laptop and Notebook Repair and Troubleshooting Tips. Laptop repair guy helps to find and fix the problem. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:49:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lostin translaptation http://www.laptoprepair101.com/laptop/2006/11/03/strange-hard-drive-failure-symptoms/comment-page-2/#comment-404773 Lostin translaptation Wed, 07 Dec 2011 18:01:24 +0000 http://www.laptoprepair101.com/laptop/2006/11/03/very-strange-hard-drive-failure-symptoms/#comment-404773 My wife's laptop has been dead for a few weeks now and I am finally working on it at work because I have some time. I can fix most issues with hardware and sometimes software...but this one has me dumbfounded... pulled hardrive...got same symptoms as article writer...must be hard drive I automatically assumed.. I have the USB harddrive hook up to pull up the harddrive and I can't even get that to connect...never had a problem before... The drive was recognized but I believe it is either literally dead or physically. About to call Toshiba because she has had it less than a year... My wife’s laptop has been dead for a few weeks now and I am finally working on it at work because I have some time.

I can fix most issues with hardware and sometimes software…but this one has me dumbfounded…
pulled hardrive…got same symptoms as article writer…must be hard drive I automatically assumed..

I have the USB harddrive hook up to pull up the harddrive and I can’t even get that to connect…never had a problem before…

The drive was recognized but I believe it is either literally dead or physically. About to call Toshiba because she has had it less than a year…

]]> By: cj2600 http://www.laptoprepair101.com/laptop/2006/11/03/strange-hard-drive-failure-symptoms/comment-page-2/#comment-394717 cj2600 Fri, 25 Nov 2011 20:34:21 +0000 http://www.laptoprepair101.com/laptop/2006/11/03/very-strange-hard-drive-failure-symptoms/#comment-394717 @ Christos, <blockquote>I changed HDD and got the same problems. I changed my memory modules with 2 others and got the same problems. The point is that BIOS and memtest recognize the modules in all my cases, so i guess based on your response that one of the slots is the problem and loses its connection with the module during operation. So i guess i should find by “try and error” the problematic slot in order to stop using it.</blockquote> Try using memory modules one by one. Try different slots. If the laptop still freezes, I guess this is some kind of motherboard related failure. It's possible there is a micro crack somewhere on the motherboard. @ Christos,

I changed HDD and got the same problems. I changed my memory modules with 2 others and got the same problems. The point is that BIOS and memtest recognize the modules in all my cases, so i guess based on your response that one of the slots is the problem and loses its connection with the module during operation. So i guess i should find by “try and error” the problematic slot in order to stop using it.

Try using memory modules one by one. Try different slots.
If the laptop still freezes, I guess this is some kind of motherboard related failure. It’s possible there is a micro crack somewhere on the motherboard.

]]> By: Christos http://www.laptoprepair101.com/laptop/2006/11/03/strange-hard-drive-failure-symptoms/comment-page-2/#comment-394485 Christos Fri, 25 Nov 2011 14:06:23 +0000 http://www.laptoprepair101.com/laptop/2006/11/03/very-strange-hard-drive-failure-symptoms/#comment-394485 @cj2600 After trials with other 2 memory modules tested in both slots (one by one) at all cases i get reboots or freeze. I guess that means either both slots are dead (jack pot for me!) or i should call my motherboard RIP. Any other ideas or should i start searching for a new laptop? Regards Christos @cj2600
After trials with other 2 memory modules tested in both slots (one by one) at all cases i get reboots or freeze. I guess that means either both slots are dead (jack pot for me!) or i should call my motherboard RIP.
Any other ideas or should i start searching for a new laptop?
Regards
Christos

]]> By: Christos http://www.laptoprepair101.com/laptop/2006/11/03/strange-hard-drive-failure-symptoms/comment-page-2/#comment-394261 Christos Fri, 25 Nov 2011 07:16:31 +0000 http://www.laptoprepair101.com/laptop/2006/11/03/very-strange-hard-drive-failure-symptoms/#comment-394261 @cj2600 Thank you for your response. Update on my situation... I changed HDD and got the same problems. I changed my memory modules with 2 others and got the same problems. The point is that BIOS and memtest recognize the modules in all my cases, so i guess based on your response that one of the slots is the problem and loses its connection with the module during operation. So i guess i should find by "try and error" the problematic slot in order to stop using it. PS sorry for my english not a native speaker @cj2600

Thank you for your response. Update on my situation…

I changed HDD and got the same problems. I changed my memory modules with 2 others and got the same problems. The point is that BIOS and memtest recognize the modules in all my cases, so i guess based on your response that one of the slots is the problem and loses its connection with the module during operation. So i guess i should find by “try and error” the problematic slot in order to stop using it.

PS sorry for my english not a native speaker

]]> By: cj2600 http://www.laptoprepair101.com/laptop/2006/11/03/strange-hard-drive-failure-symptoms/comment-page-2/#comment-394038 cj2600 Fri, 25 Nov 2011 01:47:27 +0000 http://www.laptoprepair101.com/laptop/2006/11/03/very-strange-hard-drive-failure-symptoms/#comment-394038 Christos, <blockquote>If the whole system become normal warm then becomes more stable. Almost no problems at all. Memtest86+ is OK for 2 passes. </blockquote> While running Memtest86+ try applying some pressure on the memory chips. Does it start giving errors after that? It's possible that one of the memory slots (or memory module) is failing. Christos,

If the whole system become normal warm then becomes more stable. Almost no problems at all. Memtest86+ is OK for 2 passes.

While running Memtest86+ try applying some pressure on the memory chips. Does it start giving errors after that? It’s possible that one of the memory slots (or memory module) is failing.

]]> By: Christos http://www.laptoprepair101.com/laptop/2006/11/03/strange-hard-drive-failure-symptoms/comment-page-2/#comment-393372 Christos Thu, 24 Nov 2011 08:24:33 +0000 http://www.laptoprepair101.com/laptop/2006/11/03/very-strange-hard-drive-failure-symptoms/#comment-393372 Hello and thanks for the info. For the last month i have my laptop TOSHIBA A300-1LT with problems. Either freezes or restarts during sturtup while loading the OS or after login or during the usage. Tried EVERYTHING!, Recovers, Hard format, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Ubuntu. All the same symptoms. Hardware problem for sure. The point is that symptoms are not constant. Sympotms are coming up mostly when laptop is cold i.e. the first tries in the morning i always have problems of restarting or freezing. When i say cold i mean the temperature inside the case not environmental. If the whole system become normal warm then becomes more stable. Almost no problems at all. Memtest86+ is OK for 2 passes. HDD diagnostics that included in all OS are OK. Only the GWSCAN from UBCD is the only diagnostic that run on my tohiba HDD in boot mode after the extended test showed sector relocation error (0226). So my question is is it HDD problem? Should i eliminate motherboard or GPU problem? ANyone facing the same "cold" problem? Hello and thanks for the info. For the last month i have my laptop TOSHIBA A300-1LT with problems. Either freezes or restarts during sturtup while loading the OS or after login or during the usage. Tried EVERYTHING!, Recovers, Hard format, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Ubuntu. All the same symptoms. Hardware problem for sure. The point is that symptoms are not constant. Sympotms are coming up mostly when laptop is cold i.e. the first tries in the morning i always have problems of restarting or freezing. When i say cold i mean the temperature inside the case not environmental. If the whole system become normal warm then becomes more stable. Almost no problems at all. Memtest86+ is OK for 2 passes. HDD diagnostics that included in all OS are OK. Only the GWSCAN from UBCD is the only diagnostic that run on my tohiba HDD in boot mode after the extended test showed sector relocation error (0226). So my question is is it HDD problem? Should i eliminate motherboard or GPU problem? ANyone facing the same “cold” problem?

]]> By: safaethan http://www.laptoprepair101.com/laptop/2006/11/03/strange-hard-drive-failure-symptoms/comment-page-2/#comment-359769 safaethan Sun, 16 Oct 2011 12:58:30 +0000 http://www.laptoprepair101.com/laptop/2006/11/03/very-strange-hard-drive-failure-symptoms/#comment-359769 you can use backtrack5 or any other linux live cd..........@cj2600. @agus you can use backtrack5 or any other linux live cd……….@cj2600.
@agus

]]> By: laide http://www.laptoprepair101.com/laptop/2006/11/03/strange-hard-drive-failure-symptoms/comment-page-2/#comment-249533 laide Thu, 24 Feb 2011 11:41:54 +0000 http://www.laptoprepair101.com/laptop/2006/11/03/very-strange-hard-drive-failure-symptoms/#comment-249533 laptop restarts itself anytime a cable is connected or disconnected and sometimes the wired and wireless card don't work. laptop restarts itself anytime a cable is connected or disconnected and sometimes the wired and wireless card don’t work.

]]> By: cj2600 http://www.laptoprepair101.com/laptop/2006/11/03/strange-hard-drive-failure-symptoms/comment-page-2/#comment-240202 cj2600 Mon, 31 Jan 2011 05:06:40 +0000 http://www.laptoprepair101.com/laptop/2006/11/03/very-strange-hard-drive-failure-symptoms/#comment-240202 agus, <blockquote>How can I find the Knoppix?</blockquote> Google Knoppix. :) agus,

How can I find the Knoppix?

Google Knoppix. :)

]]> By: agus http://www.laptoprepair101.com/laptop/2006/11/03/strange-hard-drive-failure-symptoms/comment-page-2/#comment-237302 agus Sun, 23 Jan 2011 07:09:27 +0000 http://www.laptoprepair101.com/laptop/2006/11/03/very-strange-hard-drive-failure-symptoms/#comment-237302 How can I find the Knoppix? How can I find the Knoppix?

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