PC restarted as I wrote...f@#$ me...
The short: I have 4 drive, 1 SDD drive with OS and programs on, 1x 2TB drive with important files, 1x 1 TB drive with photography files, 1x 250GB with my Lightroom Catalog (Photography related).
I didn't realize until today that my 1TB drive was missing. I've had issues since my new build. Slow to start, stuck on Startup screen, etc. even with a SSD drive. But, I decided to do some editing and it took me a couple of hours to realize 'my 1TB drive is missing'.
Is shows up in my BIOS, all 4 drives. A few times, after some cable swapping and port swapping, it didn't...but it seems I've found the perfect combination (Or so I thought). Now, all drives are up but anywhere from 20 minutes to 2 or 3 hours I get a sudden restart without a BSOD. It just restarts OR shuts off/down completely (Kinda like my wife...I can only say that here:mad:)
I wrote this once, thinking I could get by, but since I couldn't without a restart I decided to unplug my 1TB drive (I've got it all copied to an external drive).
I don't think it's the drive, I can't figure out if it's the MOBO...but I wonder if it's because of the PSU since I've got all this hardware (Although I would think I had the power...only after unplugging the 1 drive will I really know...kinda...)
Is there an app to test PSU quality? How about HDD quality (The Western Digital software says my drive is fine...even though it caused major issues before) How can I truly know??
Worst case, I see myself sending in my HDD for a new one (Free)....then getting a new PSU (Money)...then a new MOBO (Money and more time than I care to waste...but will anyways)...
Any advice?
The short: I have 4 drive, 1 SDD drive with OS and programs on, 1x 2TB drive with important files, 1x 1 TB drive with photography files, 1x 250GB with my Lightroom Catalog (Photography related).
I didn't realize until today that my 1TB drive was missing. I've had issues since my new build. Slow to start, stuck on Startup screen, etc. even with a SSD drive. But, I decided to do some editing and it took me a couple of hours to realize 'my 1TB drive is missing'.
Is shows up in my BIOS, all 4 drives. A few times, after some cable swapping and port swapping, it didn't...but it seems I've found the perfect combination (Or so I thought). Now, all drives are up but anywhere from 20 minutes to 2 or 3 hours I get a sudden restart without a BSOD. It just restarts OR shuts off/down completely (Kinda like my wife...I can only say that here:mad:)
I wrote this once, thinking I could get by, but since I couldn't without a restart I decided to unplug my 1TB drive (I've got it all copied to an external drive).
I don't think it's the drive, I can't figure out if it's the MOBO...but I wonder if it's because of the PSU since I've got all this hardware (Although I would think I had the power...only after unplugging the 1 drive will I really know...kinda...)
Is there an app to test PSU quality? How about HDD quality (The Western Digital software says my drive is fine...even though it caused major issues before) How can I truly know??
Worst case, I see myself sending in my HDD for a new one (Free)....then getting a new PSU (Money)...then a new MOBO (Money and more time than I care to waste...but will anyways)...
Any advice?