HD failures and videogame instability

[pax]

Ive had 2 seagates slowly die on me (no tests showed any issue but they did eventually die) and the major first symptom was hard locks when gaming on the pc. But only when gaming.

I was blaming drivers and everything in between but as I unplugged the first slave 3tb hd (which I found out was stupidly hot to the touch when looking at the guts of the pc trying to figure the problem out) and now a month later a 2nd 1tb slave (the boot drive is the only one still working) the problems immediately went away.

Is this something AMD is aware of and is it something that shows up in any pc irrelevant of the videocard used?

Ive googled and not found much.

Im so done with mechanical drives... saving my pennies for a 1 tb SSD in the fall to replace the current boot drive that is also a seagate (a 750 gig momentus hybrid drive).

 

[Dyre Straits]

I've, quite honestly, had very good luck with mechanical drives. However, I've also, for many years, used a UPS to keep the power stable to the PC. During our early years, and prior to my son and daughter-in-law making use of UPS on their own systems, I was replacing theirs about once per year or so. Since their use of UPS, I haven't had to deal with any failures of their drives. [Knock on wood!]

 

[pax]

I have an alpha line conditioner paid about 800$. No batt backup tho but power is good here. Ive had 4 drives fail on me last decade or so but 2 since January!

 

[Dyre Straits]

I have an alpha line conditioner paid about 800$. No batt backup tho but power is good here. Ive had 4 drives fail on me last decade or so but 2 since January!

While the line may be stable when it is live, if there are any power outages at all, your system will have to deal with the very unstable voltages during the time the power is coming back on. Usually there's a huge spike in the voltage during this time. A UPS prevents this type of scenario.

 

[pax]

While the line may be stable when it is live, if there are any power outages at all, your system will have to deal with the very unstable voltages during the time the power is coming back on. Usually there's a huge spike in the voltage during this time. A UPS prevents this type of scenario.

You think the alpha isnt enough? I was using it to get the voltage down from 125v (which is supposed to be 115v but, were in the relative boondocks they slap one transformer for 3 houses here... )

So add a UPS on the same line... Im gonna start shopping for one. Cant hurt. Its just too odd that 2 hds failed so close to each other it could very well be the power.

Recommendations?

 

[Dyre Straits]

You think the alpha isnt enough? I was using it to get the voltage down from 125v (which is supposed to be 115v but, were in the relative boondocks they slap one transformer for 3 houses here... )

So add a UPS on the same line... Im gonna start shopping for one. Cant hurt. Its just too odd that 2 hds failed so close to each other it could very well be the power.

Recommendations?

In our area (GA USA) the voltage rating is 120V but it's called "110V". Most devices rated 110V are made to handle the higher voltage without having to deal with anything to restrict it.

I have a CyperPower UPS, but, a lot of people swear on APC. I'm not one to argue. Either one of those brands would work fine in my opinion.

You can check out options online....

https://www.google.com/search?q=UPS+power&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8#q=UPS+power&tbm=shop

You simply plug the UPS into the wall socket and then plug your PC and peripherals into the UPS.

 

[pax]

Ya I know I have one on the tv an APC Line-R 1250... I dont care for the battery backup tho just make sure the power stays safe.