getting new harddrive...questions

[amp27]

so first question. did my last harddrive go dead. it trys to boot up and the computer starts beeping and ramdom charactors started being listed.

i am sure it is dead and it dont matter cause it dont work and i need a new one anyway.

i would like to stay with WD.

IDE or SATA?

i dont have SATA ports, but can buy a pci card that does. up to 1.5gb/sec too.


i am buying on newegg too. fyi

also. i thought i read something about how windows only supports 150 gb drives. is this true?

 

[Atomic Rooster]

That sounds more like a bad video card than a bad drive. The beeps indicate your system is finding a problem and the odd characters are usually caused by a bad video card.

What do the beeps sound like?

 

[Prodigy146]

yeah it sounds more like a RAM problem. try reinserting your ram

 

[amp27]

like this

it is your normal beep you here on bootup.

but it goes on like this.

beebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeebeep. kinda fast but countable(thats not the count it goes on forever)

a RAM problem.

yesterday i took apart the whole computer and put it back together. i had a old drive that ran on 98 and i poped that in to see if the whole computer worked and it did. so right now it would work if i new the password for it. but yea it booted right up. but i want my w2kpro back

 

[Atomic Rooster]

That's a bad video card beep. Usually 1 long then 3 short beeps indicate bad memory. Make sure the card is fully seated and has the 6 pin power connector attached if equipped.

 

[amp27]

i had it working yesterday with a differnt drive. did you not read that

 

[Atomic Rooster]

Well then I don't know. If you have double checked to make sure everything was firmly seated and all cables and wires are connected (keyboard and mouse too), then I'm stumped. I have never heard of a drive causing a computer to beep like that. They either work or they don't.

 

[ilovepcs25]

i don't think it's the harddrive either despite the fact he's tried a different one and it worked

 

[amp27]

well i could try putting it in this computer. i think we got a problem here ill start a new theard with the proper tiltle so it gets more attenion from the right people.

 

[ilovepcs25]

the title is fine but the problems your experiencing arent usually associated with a failing hdd that's all we are saying.