Right, I speak with experience here - I posted a similar problem on the forums recently.
My hard-drive was making funny beeping/booping noises like an arcade machine. The PC was freezing and this was at no particular times - and the freezing problem make continue for a long time or short periods whereby the PC was useable for a few minutes, then lock up for a few minutes then free up again.
I went as far as purchasing Spin-Rite - one of the most respected hard-drive utilities in the world.
Spin-Rite couldn't find a problem. There were no hard disk errors, I couldn't find a thing.
So, I farted about with the cables and it seems to be okay - I predict that some of the wires inside the cable are broken and I prop the cable to the hard-drive up with a piece of plastic. Maybe when a PC is sealed up and switched on - the heat building up can be enough to move a broken wire enough to break the connection. Anyway, I resolved my similar problem and I have a super-duper PC again.
My hard-drive was making funny beeping/booping noises like an arcade machine. The PC was freezing and this was at no particular times - and the freezing problem make continue for a long time or short periods whereby the PC was useable for a few minutes, then lock up for a few minutes then free up again.
I went as far as purchasing Spin-Rite - one of the most respected hard-drive utilities in the world.
Spin-Rite couldn't find a problem. There were no hard disk errors, I couldn't find a thing.
So, I farted about with the cables and it seems to be okay - I predict that some of the wires inside the cable are broken and I prop the cable to the hard-drive up with a piece of plastic. Maybe when a PC is sealed up and switched on - the heat building up can be enough to move a broken wire enough to break the connection. Anyway, I resolved my similar problem and I have a super-duper PC again.