Hi everyone, I am having a very odd issue with my PC.
Basically, everything is ok (CPU load, RAM, Temperatures, SMART, Voltages, Processes, Network, etc). BUT, all of the sudden, a program hangs, so I switch to another program, wich is ok, but after I click something there, it hangs as well...but the rest of the programs are ok.
I mean, some programs hang when I do something, while the rest is OK, or some might hang, but is not the entire computer or an specific program, and then they come back to life until I do something again. I was able to check that its like it is waiting for the HDD to do I/O (the program freezes, then it does some I/O and freezes again, and so on) but not all the programs are not in the same disk. If I reboot, the problem persists. If I power off and unplug the computer for a few minutes, it keeps happening.
As I said I tested EVERTHING, used memtest+, hijackthis, speedfan, WD diagnostic tools, changed the sillicone grease in my Processor and Videocard(sorry I dont know how you call that thing in English, it is called "Grasa Siliconada" in Spanish), cleaned everything, checked processes, runned HDD regenarator, all you can imagine.
BTW, I havent changed anything in my pc for months, so it is not some software issue.
So, I got the feeling it was my WD HDD. I unplugged it......the PC works fine (XP is in the other HDD).....but all the tests ive runned in the disks show everything is ok.
What do you recommend? Firmware upgrde maybe? could it be my motherboard? I did have some trouble with IDE/SATA HDD combinations in the past...
My hardware:
P4 Prescott 2.8Ghz
3x256 DDR Kingston (not the cheap one)
Radeon 9550 256mb 3dConnect AGP
Intel 945PERL
Seagate ST3120827AS 120gb SATA1
WD WD5000AAKS 500gb jumped in SATA1
Hope you can Help me!
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