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    g53jw crashing - need second opinion

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by zafota, Mar 6, 2012.

  1. zafota

    zafota Notebook Geek

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    okay so heres a summary of whats happening to my laptop:

    A few days ago my computer started crashing (BSOD)
    Ive been searching for the problem and I came up with a theory that the hard drive is failing. But im really not sure about it so I need your expert opinion. :cool:

    What happens is that I keep getting BSOD's for no reason (every 10-15 mins or so)
    Ive tried memtest86 and I didnt have any errors, so memory problems is scratched off.
    Ive reformated and installed a new OS including all the drivers for a new fresh install, just to check if its a software problem. But the problem still persists. Only this time something new happened

    While I was installing some old programs my computer crashed again! but the difference now was when it restarted, I couldnt "discard changes and exit BIOS setup". Everytime I did it, it just returned back BIOS setup. Like I had no hard drive to boot from.

    When I then checked the boot options,I found out that booting from my hard drive was indeed disabled. And when I tried to enable booting from my drive, it couldnt be found. The only option left was my DVD-Drive. So i then i thought maybe its my hard drive?

    Turned my laptop off then on again and here I am. Booted windows from my hard drive. Again. Still waiting for it to crash. Again.

    So is it a HDD problem? Should I buy a new one? or can you suggest any HDD testing softwares so I can be sure that this HDD is the problem? Or is it something else? Bad drivers?

    thank you in advance!
     
    zafota, Mar 6, 2012
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  2. tijo

    tijo Sacred Blame

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    You could download crystal disk info and check for SMART errors. I'm pretty sure seagate (the HDD is seagate if it's still the stock HDD) has a version of seatools that can be made bootable to test the hard drive.
     
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  3. zafota

    zafota Notebook Geek

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    this time i can duplicate the crash by defragmenting my drive.... so i guess its a problem with my hdd.. ill test seatools to be sure..
     
    zafota, Mar 6, 2012
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    ciddireblackire Notebook Consultant

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  5. zafota

    zafota Notebook Geek

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    I triedusing spinrite. a friend recommended it to me. it seems my hdd is broken. and its some where in the middle. is there a way to make "kill" that sector? cuz its that part of my hdd that seems to be the problem? everyrhing else is fine.
     
    zafota, Mar 8, 2012
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    One bad sector means a lot of future troubles, your best bet is to replace the drive entirely and backup all your important data now.
     
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  7. zafota

    zafota Notebook Geek

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    I.agree with you.


    Ita a waste i have to get a slower hdd cuz of 1 bad sector. dang.
     
    zafota, Mar 8, 2012
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