# I think my hard drive is dying :( **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [August 9, 2004, 12:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-think-my-hard-drive-is-dying/118756 "2004-08-09T00:01:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fiery\_rockstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@fiery\_rockstar](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fiery_rockstar)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 12:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-think-my-hard-drive-is-dying/118756/1 "2004-08-09T00:01:38Z")
Last night I shut down my computer and took out one of the sticks of RAM to get the model number so i could order another but anywho… when I put it back in and booted up one of my hard drives went dodgy and now it keeps dying 😑 But it’s only a few months old and it wasnt touched at all so… Anyone have any idea’s as to what could be going on :|? Cheers, Johnny ---
**Author:** ![signifer123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/858c86/32.png) [@signifer123](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/signifer123)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 12:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-think-my-hard-drive-is-dying/118756/2 "2004-08-09T00:19:01Z")
that sucks my hardrive died but it was around 6- 8 years old however long 1 gig hardrives have been around for pc ---
**Author:** ![fiery\_rockstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@fiery\_rockstar](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fiery_rockstar)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 12:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-think-my-hard-drive-is-dying/118756/3 "2004-08-09T00:20:44Z")
Its such bull… this thing is like 4 months old and it looks like its dying and theres not even anything I can do about it 😑 ---
**Author:** ![Maxtr0sity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maxtr0sity](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Maxtr0sity)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 4:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-think-my-hard-drive-is-dying/118756/4 "2004-08-09T16:16:07Z")
Explain dodgy and how it’s ‘dying’, I don’t see how reseating a stick of RAM would do anything. If anything, make sure you seated the RAM fully because it may not be fully seated causing that RAM not accessed which may seem to slow down your computer. ---
**Author:** ![fiery\_rockstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@fiery\_rockstar](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fiery_rockstar)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 7:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-think-my-hard-drive-is-dying/118756/5 "2004-08-09T19:00:46Z")
It just acts as if its not attached nearly every time I try to access it. I’ll restart now and make sure the ram is in properly… ---
**Author:** ![Galenmereth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/65b543/32.png) [@Galenmereth](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Galenmereth)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 7:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-think-my-hard-drive-is-dying/118756/6 "2004-08-09T19:05:13Z")
If your HD is dying, it will probably make higher noise than before, make strange noises and if your OS is on it, your OS will fail to boot in between. I had a 40 gig HD doing that for 1 and a half years 😛 It may just be software that screws you, and not hardware… ---
**Author:** ![Maxtr0sity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maxtr0sity](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Maxtr0sity)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 8:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-think-my-hard-drive-is-dying/118756/7 "2004-08-09T20:07:43Z")
I’m still betting on the RAM. ---
**Author:** ![berkoWitZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9bd4f/32.png) [@berkoWitZ](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/berkoWitZ)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 8:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-think-my-hard-drive-is-dying/118756/8 "2004-08-09T20:09:31Z")
ur putting back ur new RAM or the old one?? ---
**Author:** ![fiery\_rockstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@fiery\_rockstar](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fiery_rockstar)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 8:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-think-my-hard-drive-is-dying/118756/9 "2004-08-09T20:13:18Z")
O.K. I took the ram out give it a bit of air to dust it off and put it back in and so far so good :S 😃 I don’t get how RAM can mess up the hard drive but not do anything else… meah ---
**Author:** ![Maxtr0sity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maxtr0sity](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Maxtr0sity)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 8:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-think-my-hard-drive-is-dying/118756/10 "2004-08-09T20:15:15Z")
The RAM doesn’t do anything to the harddrive, it’s just when there’s low RAM, it may seem like your harddrive is dying, however, it’s only your computer that’s suffocating. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 8:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-think-my-hard-drive-is-dying/118756/11 "2004-08-09T20:26:24Z")
actually it has to do with the chip itself, if the chip circuitry is corrupted/ becomes corrupted, then it can cause all sorts of nightmares…random rebooting - failure to POST - hard drive randomly restarting - sluggish all sorts of anomalies. ---
**Author:** ![senocular](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/senocular/32/7217_2.png) [@senocular](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/senocular)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 8:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-think-my-hard-drive-is-dying/118756/12 "2004-08-09T20:27:57Z")
did you check to see if your ram was seen when you put it back in the first time? Like Maxtr0sity said, with low ram your HD will thrash a bit and work more than normally for paging (virtual memory). ---
**Author:** ![berkoWitZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9bd4f/32.png) [@berkoWitZ](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/berkoWitZ)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 8:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-think-my-hard-drive-is-dying/118756/13 "2004-08-09T20:33:53Z")
I get a lot of “low on virtual memory” messages ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Maxtr0sity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maxtr0sity](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Maxtr0sity)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 8:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-think-my-hard-drive-is-dying/118756/14 "2004-08-09T20:39:51Z")
Increase your VM then. I suggest set it double your RAM and same for Max/Min. Example: 256 Physical = 512Max/Min Virtual M. ---
**Author:** ![fiery\_rockstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@fiery\_rockstar](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fiery_rockstar)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 10:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-think-my-hard-drive-is-dying/118756/15 "2004-08-09T22:50:14Z")
> actually it has to do with the chip itself, if the chip circuitry is corrupted/ becomes corrupted, then it can cause all sorts of nightmares…random rebooting - failure to POST - hard drive randomly restarting - sluggish all sorts of anomalies. Ah right, I didn’t realise that could happen. I thought it was basically it worked or it didn’t. Either way its all good at the minute 🙂 I’m downloading SP2 at the minute to the drive that kept dissapearing and it seems to be back to normal 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![fiery\_rockstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@fiery\_rockstar](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fiery_rockstar)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2004, 1:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-think-my-hard-drive-is-dying/118756/16 "2004-08-14T13:08:29Z")
Is there any way of testing (in my own computer) if there is any damage to the memory? ---
**Author:** ![Maxtr0sity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maxtr0sity](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Maxtr0sity)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2004, 1:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-think-my-hard-drive-is-dying/118756/17 "2004-08-14T13:31:13Z")
Memory as in RAM or as in harddrive? ---
**Author:** ![fiery\_rockstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@fiery\_rockstar](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fiery_rockstar)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2004, 1:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-think-my-hard-drive-is-dying/118756/18 "2004-08-15T01:08:49Z")
(memory asin RAM) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2004, 1:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-think-my-hard-drive-is-dying/118756/19 "2004-08-15T01:46:40Z")
[http://www.download.com/SANDRA-Standard/3000-2086-10299390.html?tag=lst-0-1](http://www.download.com/SANDRA-Standard/3000-2086-10299390.html?tag=lst-0-1) this may help. ---
**Author:** ![Maxtr0sity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maxtr0sity](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Maxtr0sity)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2004, 2:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-think-my-hard-drive-is-dying/118756/20 "2004-08-15T02:34:32Z")
CPUZ: [http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php](http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php) [Next page](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-think-my-hard-drive-is-dying/118756.md?page=2)