Nice work guys, so is everything back up and running? Try to keep your PC off that wobbley desk too. Since many of the components in your PC are all sockets and plugs, it won't take much to shake them out of position. I once had a customer who kept kicking his PC under the desk, and wondered why I had to keep reseating the graphics card!

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yes everything is back to normal thanks a lot

Marked as Resolved.

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The problem came back tonight. While I was browsing the internet my PC froze up. So I turned it off and when I turned it back on it didn't recognize either HDD. So I opened the PC up and decided to use the other IDE cable for my HDDs. That worked but I think when I gave the PC a little bump windows froze up after loading my background but before displaying the start menu. The next time I turned it on I had the same problem. Also my card reader doesn't work any more. Its plugged directly into the motherboard.

well, I disconnected the IDE cables again and its working now. Im being very careful not to shake the desk at all and I'm going to get a new desk ASAP. Do you think this means that my HDD controller is damaged a bit or does it either work or not work? Also my card reader works now for some reason. I tried to use it once monday afternoon and it didn't work.

Sounds ot me as though your have a ad connection somewhere. I'd buy brand new IDE cables to be honest. At least you could rule them out then.

That would either a) rule the problem out for very little cost or b) possibly solve your issue.

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well it wasnt the IDE cables I put some new cables in and it still didn't work.

could you remove the [Resolved] from this post please I still need to know if I can fix this without buying a new motherboard.

Hello,I have taken off the resolved for you.

Hope you get a fix soon.

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Were still subscribed to you don't panic.

Altough, I think your running out of options to be honest. You have tried 2 different hard drives right? Two completely different models where you don't experience any problems in another PC.

You have tried different IDE cables.

The only remaining issue is motherboard / hdd controller, as mentioned before. Sounds like a short or loose connection, which could have been a result of a power surge cause by your power supply burning out earlier.

If you look at the capacitors onboard your motherboard, these are a common to cause problems, and easy to spot. Look out for capacitors which fat/bloated, or leaking. Apart from that, diagnosing this further will be impossible to do yourself, and the cost of actually repairing any motherboard problems are likely to cost as much as a new motherboard in any case.

Just make sure something silly hasn't happened when replacing the power supply, such a screw fallen and become lodged behind the motherboard for example... you'll really be suprised how often this happens and sometimes you don't even hear them drop. I've dropped a few myself.

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nope, no screws. guess Im going to have to buy another motherboard :/ thanks for your help