Update on PC - now HDD seems to have joined…
I keep hearing it restarting every now and then. I’m starting to worry that it’s not my motherboard that is failing, but the PSU…
No, if it sounds like its trying to start for the first time over and over, it could be that the read arm’s locking thing is jammed. Try dropping it straight and FLAT on your desk from a foot or two high. Do it a couple times and it might fix it, for a while anyhow.
No, it’s not that, I can HEAR the power-up cycle of the thing, PLUS removing a different HDD solved the issue, it was not getting enough power. I had a HDD with the arm stuck, I know how it sounds.
pewnythepony reblogged this from aperture-in-the-multiverse and added:
Well, that PSU was bought when there was only one HDD and a weaker video card in it (Radeon x550, passive cooling) so it...
aperture-in-the-multiverse reblogged this from pewnythepony and added:
In my experience its always best to have a PSU that’s 100 watts more than you need. The lesser the load on the supply,...
