WD2000JB HD failure.

[pabunko]

I just bought the WD2000JB 200 gig ATA hard drive and received it in the mail yesterday. Installation was relatively easy -- at first it wasn't recognized, but after a reboot it was. Then I formatted it and even installed a game on it.

So I leave my computer on all night (I usually turn it off), and I wake up to hearing clicking noises -- generally at random times. Sometimes there are a few clicks in a small period of time, sometimes there is only one click. The hard drive is not recognized at all.

I change it from master to slave to see if it would do anything and this time the drive wasn't detected and there was no clicking noises either. After changing back to master, I start up the computer and hear a winding-down, screeching and scratching noise for approximately 3 seconds. Soonafter, it starts slightly smoking and releases a distinct smell.

Ok, the brand new hard drive is broken obviously. The main question: Was it a faulty hard drive, or did my computer cause it to break? (Computer is only 1 year old, currently running an SATA HD as the main one just fine).

Second question -- I heard about a card that you can use to plug in an SATA HD directly into. Would this be a good idea to use?

Thanks

 

[firewolfrl]

here is a thread with that I am in that explains the clicking noise

http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1302965

sounds like the drive was damaged in shipping.

I would get a hold of the company that you bought the drive from and ship it back to them

 

[pabunko]

Oh yea, an important piece of information that was left out is that I had an old ATA HD (maxtor, about 30 gigs), which actually stopped working and clicked for a while until ultimately it just died I suppose (it stopped clicking, and was never recognized again).

I plugged the new WD HD into all of the same cables.

The maxtor hard drive was the main hard drive from my previous computer -- it worked fine for probably about a month until it stopped working. This is probably more evidence that my computer is the culprit (could it be poor power supply or something?) I don't want to return my HD, get a new one, and have the same thing happen to me.

What are those cards called that you can plug in an SATA HD into without dealing with any other cables?

 

[firewolfrl]

power supply is a good start to check
something else to check is see if the power is stable at the outlet
my daughter went through three drives and 2 motherboard tell I figured it was on the same circuit as the fridge...a good battery backup has stopped all her issues and the system has been stable


controller cards to answer your question