HDD Issues When Running Nvidia Drivers

AsphyxiA · Sep 28, 2013

Hi, I recently had two HDD's die in the same week and I bought a 1TB HDD to replace them. When reinstalling Windows 7 I reinstalled all the drivers and within a few minutes of finishing, my new HDD crapped out... Plugged it into another computer, works fine, benched well, and no errors in CrystalDiskInfo. Ran Seatools and upgraded the firmware. Afterwards, I rewrote the partition tables and reinstalled. I then installed everything but nVidia as I had all the drivers minus that. Ran Seatools on the laptop and everything checked out fine. Went to install driver 327.23, 10 minutes after install the HDD failed. Decided to disable the driver to test and low and behold the HDD came back to life! I have never heard of the nVidia drivers affecting HDD functionality, any ideas? Going to try a few drivers back and see. Hardware Specs listed in my sig.

Update: ran last known mobile driver to work properly, 314.22, creates same issue. Disable driver and HDD comes back.

AsphyxiA · Sep 29, 2013

I know, baffling right? Anybody have a clue?

Jetster · Sep 29, 2013

When Installing 7 do you have any other drives connected?

Doc41 · Sep 29, 2013

That sure is weird, are you sure its just the HDD and nothing else?
Try:
1-if you can after a fresh install try the nvidia driver before all other drivers?
2-check for updated BIOS?
3-i noticed the card is (OCed) in your sig, "if" not a factory OC try reverting to stock clocks?

hope this helps and good luck :toast:

AsphyxiA · Sep 29, 2013

1. All fresh every time I reinstalled drivers the old were completely cleaned out.
2. Latest uefi bios reflashed
3. Nvidia card is at stock.

Best guest from my end would be uefi is not compatible with the bigger HDD. I actually had to swap in my old Intel WiFi so I can create a whitelist for the killer WiFi. Haven't updated the bios in a while. However I've never heard of people having to whitelist HDDs on these laptops before.

jsfitz54 · Sep 29, 2013

After the UEFI flash, did you set to default values...save...reboot. Then go back and set fields on 2nd reboot.

Reason is: some mobo's will not correctly update without factory defaults being applied first.

I personally set to factory default prior to flashing as well.

Did you try another power adapter?

You may want to contact Lenovo or go to a forum site that talks about Lenovo issues to see if it's a known issue.

Did you update the "chipset" drivers? http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/downloads/default.page?

Did you run Lenovo app: http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/diagnose-and-fix/default.page?

^^^check the box for "Storage" issues and "Display" issues

See: http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/diagnose-and-fix/detail.page?DocID=HT002741

AsphyxiA · Sep 30, 2013

I've tried multiple adapters around the house, not one fixes the issue. When you say defaults, are you meaning factory defaults in the bios menu?

AsphyxiA · Sep 30, 2013

Set defaults in bios just to see and I am currently stressing the hdd. Seems to be working good so far.

Update: few hours running and a little L4D action to test. Works!!!

AsphyxiA · Oct 1, 2013

ran into the problem again today. It took 4.5 straight hours but it failed again. After about another hour, Windows Bluescreened. I wonder if this isn't a heat issue....

System Name	Media PC
Processor	Intel Core-i5 4460
Motherboard	Asus H97i plus
Cooling	Noctua LH-9i with upgraded NF-A9, x2 Noctua NF-F12
Memory	8GB x2 Corsair Vengeance 1600mhz kit
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte Super clocked GTX970 itx
Storage	1TB western digital black 2.5"
Display(s)	Samsung 55" Plasma
Case	Fractal Design Node 202
Audio Device(s)	Onboard DSP, sound forwarded to Onkyo receiver in 2.1 mode
Power Supply	Fractal Design 430w itx PSU
Mouse	Logitech Wireless gaming mouse
Keyboard	Logitech Wireless, Xbox One S controller
Software	Windows 10 pro

System Name	Media PC
Processor	Intel Core-i5 4460
Motherboard	Asus H97i plus
Cooling	Noctua LH-9i with upgraded NF-A9, x2 Noctua NF-F12
Memory	8GB x2 Corsair Vengeance 1600mhz kit
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte Super clocked GTX970 itx
Storage	1TB western digital black 2.5"
Display(s)	Samsung 55" Plasma
Case	Fractal Design Node 202
Audio Device(s)	Onboard DSP, sound forwarded to Onkyo receiver in 2.1 mode
Power Supply	Fractal Design 430w itx PSU
Mouse	Logitech Wireless gaming mouse
Keyboard	Logitech Wireless, Xbox One S controller
Software	Windows 10 pro

System Name	Juliette // HTPC
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Motherboard	ASUS Prime Z390X-A // ASRock B550 ITX-AC
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12 Black // Stock
Memory	Corsair DDR4 3600 32gb //G.SKILL Trident Z Royal Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 3600
Video Card(s)	ASUS RTX4070 OC// GTX 1650
Storage	Samsung 970 EVO NVMe 1Tb, Intel 665p Series M.2 2280 1TB // Samsung 1Tb SSD
Display(s)	ASUS VP348QGL 34" Quad HD 3440 x 1440 // 55" LG 4K SK8000 Series
Case	Seasonic SYNCRO Q7// Silverstone Granada GD05
Audio Device(s)	Focusrite Scarlett 4i4 // HDMI to Samsung HW-R650 sound bar
Power Supply	Seasonic SYNCRO 750 W // CORSAIR Vengeance 650M
Mouse	Cooler Master MM710 53G
Keyboard	Logitech 920-009300 G512 SE
Software	Windows 10 Pro // Windows 10 Pro

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Motherboard	X570 Aorus Ultra
Cooling	Arctic LF II 280
Memory	2x8GB Crucial Ballistix 3600 MHz DDR4
Video Card(s)	PowerColor Red Devil 5700XT
Storage	Never Enough
Display(s)	ASUS VG248QE+ Dell E2420H
Case	LIAN LI Lancool II Mesh RGB
Audio Device(s)	Sennheiser HD518 / Logitech Z623
Power Supply	FSP AURUM PT 850W
Mouse	Logitech G600
Keyboard	Logitech G810 Orion Spectrum
Software	Win 11
Benchmark Scores	All over the bench

System Name	Media PC
Processor	Intel Core-i5 4460
Motherboard	Asus H97i plus
Cooling	Noctua LH-9i with upgraded NF-A9, x2 Noctua NF-F12
Memory	8GB x2 Corsair Vengeance 1600mhz kit
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte Super clocked GTX970 itx
Storage	1TB western digital black 2.5"
Display(s)	Samsung 55" Plasma
Case	Fractal Design Node 202
Audio Device(s)	Onboard DSP, sound forwarded to Onkyo receiver in 2.1 mode
Power Supply	Fractal Design 430w itx PSU
Mouse	Logitech Wireless gaming mouse
Keyboard	Logitech Wireless, Xbox One S controller
Software	Windows 10 pro

Processor	Intel i7 970 // Intel i7 2600K
Motherboard	Asus Rampage III Formula // Asus P8P67 Deluxe
Cooling	Zalman CNPS9900MaxB // Zalman CNPS11X
Memory	GSkill 2133 12GB // Corsair V 2400 32GB
Video Card(s)	ASUS GTX1080 // MSI GTX1070
Storage	Samsung 870EVO // Samsung 840P
Display(s)	HP w2207h
Case	CoolerMaster Stacker 830se // Lian Li PC-9F
Audio Device(s)	onboard
Power Supply	Seasonic X 850w Gold // EVGA 850w G2
Mouse	Logitech G502SE HERO, G9
Keyboard	Dell
Software	W10 Pro 22H2