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Here's the scenario:
Maxtor Diamond Max 5400 rpm HDD
FSB at 105 PCI at 35
While loading Flight SIM 2000, which had loaded before without any problems i got the blue screen. I had to reboot and had the primary hard disk FAIL! message. I returned the clock settings to normal. Diagnostics tell me the same. Could overclocking cause this problem?
I have gotten a new WD 7200RPM HDD to replace it. And sent the MAxtor in for warranty claim.
My Case is well ventilated with a fan sucking in at the bottom chassis and the power supply blowing out. Many of the expansion slots are open also. My CPU temp is around 90 - 100 F. I would not want to rule this out as a possibility because it was near the CPU. I just want to make sure that having my system at that bus speed will not damage my new HDD. I now have the drive in a different bay with an Antech drive cooler blowing on it.
i've got the same hard drive in 8.4
it WILL not allow overclocking!!!
the hard drive will crash on any bus speed above 66mhz. i've had 3 hard drives in my system and this is the only one that refused a faster bus speed (75)
I dont quite understand because i had my system running at FSB 100 AGP 66 and PCI 33 for more than a year. Are you saying that yours would not work on a FSB or PCI of more that 75? I had it on a 105, 70, 35 for two weeks without any problems.
Ive got a Maxtor 7200rpm 10.2 gig, and it is practically silent. also, after I put it in, my old Maxtor 5400rpm 2.1 gig stopped making the clicking noise. I couldnt get mine to load at all at 105 fsb but it did go at 110. Pci was at 36.6 and it worked. Ive heard that Maxtors are really one of the worst for anything other than 33. you might get lucky though, each one has its own personality.
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