I've recently replaced a HDD from a 8Gb to a 80Gb for a family member. Also seemed well and no problems until I brought the computer back to him. The computer had issues booting up. The computer would start up but would not boot the OS and sometimes the HDD was not detected, (everything was working at my place.) I wiggled the wires and same odd results. I figured the HDD was damaged on the trip over so I brought it home. Once again everything worked. So I figured that it might be the cold, (was -20C to -30C the last time.) Once4 again the computer had issues booting up. I left it there and the next day the computer still does not boot up.
So on a hunch I thought I'd test out the outlet power. In my house I get 120V. In his house I was getting 116V to 117V even from the outlets by the fusebox. Questions: What is the voltage that should be coming out of the outlet? Would the drop in 3V - 4V cause HDD power issues and odd shutdown / power save modes, HDD detection issues and intermitent OS boot failures? If the power isn't causing the issue what else might be causing the problem? I've also been told that the power supply might need replacing since it is only a 250A PS. Also I've been told the new HDD might push the rail over. Ideas? _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
