Win 7 x64 crashed big time on me.

[Skyllz]

I beleive my next step is a format/reinstall unless someone has a better idea.

Last night I was browsing forums, in about 30 seconds the computer grinded to a halt, ctrl-alt-del worked, but was very sluggish, no CPU usage or RAM usage out of the ordinary.

Tried to reboot and it did not get to the login screen.
F10 and tried to repair from HD, no go.
Tried to System restore from a date a month back, no go
Tried to repair from the CD and no go.

I poped in an old HD with XP on that had the same hardware and it worked right away, no issues so it eliminates the hardware.

And I cant find my $%?"/$! disk image I had done when I reinstalled Win7.

So, reinstall it is or someone else has an idea before I do that tonight?

[TimTheEnchanter]

May seem stupid but i had such a problem one time, after updating W7 that was working perfectly before. I tried everything, no results... until i changed the sata cable!

Worth a try, maybe.

[MarkOne]

I'm not surprise with a

Motherboard: EVGA 750i FTW

[Skyllz]

Originally Posted by MarkOne

I'm not surprise with a

Motherboard: EVGA 750i FTW

Instead of making useless remarks why dont you explain why?

[3.0charlie]

Originally Posted by Skyllz

I poped in an old HD with XP on that had the same hardware and it worked right away, no issues so it eliminates the hardware.

That does not eliminate the hardware, it only confirms that the hardware is fine EXCEPT the HDD.

I suspect a HDD failure, since XP worked fine when you swapped the drive.

[MarkOne]

Originally Posted by Skyllz

Instead of making useless remarks why dont you explain why?

why useless.. I was answering to the suggestion of trying sata cable, those EVGA board have problem with sata connectors

Originally Posted by TimTheEnchanter

....I tried everything, no results... until i changed the sata cable!

Worth a try, maybe.

[Zero82z]

Originally Posted by MarkOne

I'm not surprise with a

Motherboard: EVGA 750i FTW

There's nothing wrong with that motherboard. It was the 680i and 780i chipsets that had problems.

[Skyllz]

Originally Posted by MarkOne

why useless.. I was answering to the suggestion of trying sata cable, those EVGA board have problem with sata connectors

Thanks for clarifying then since all I saw was your reply to the problem I posted, not thinking you were replying to the issue about the SATA cable.

I'll give that a try tonight before swapping a new HD in to reinstall and then see if I can extract my stuff from the old one. I needed a new HD anyway

[gingerbee]

Originally Posted by 3.0charlie

That does not eliminate the hardware, it only confirms that the hardware is fine EXCEPT the HDD.

I suspect a HDD failure, since XP worked fine when you swapped the drive.

and what he said no cpu load and sluggish sounds like storage to me. jm2cents

[Skyllz]

Well **** me sideways...

I get home, unplug all SATA devices, use a new cable to try on the old HD, no go.

Plug new HD in, install win7, install basic drivers, pop old HD in with an old SATA cable, works fine. Extract all sensitive files no issues.

For shit and giggles I try to Boot from old HD, everything is fine, scan/defrag, all is fine... runs flawlessly like it had been for months prior!!

oh well... I needed a new HD anyway :lol: