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Originally Posted by MageB420666
Unfortunatly, I went with a 160GB hd...... I say unfortuntly because the damn thing was faulty, it just freezes up at random times. Sometimes the motherboard doesn't even detect that there is a hard drive there, and other times it does. It took me a while to find this out because I didn't run the computer for more than five minutes at a time the first day I got it finished.
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Have you put the motherboard on the risers yet? If not, then that's probably the cause of your problem, not a faulty hard drive. The risers prevent the motherboard from touching the case, which could cause a short circuit. If you screwed the motherboard directly to the case, then it's likely you were creating a short circuit and potentially damaging the motherboard. It's a common mistake for first timers (myself included).
So if you haven't put the risers in, do it immediately! It's much more important than just having the screws fit. Hopefully, that will fix your hard drive issues.