Hey there everybody. I'm trying to find out what is the cause behing this crappy issue i'm having. It happens not just with FSX. But I'll try and explain it the best way I can. Every now and then my hard drive(I don't know which one cause I have 3) will lag when trying to even try to open up Firefox or when I open up My Computer to explore the drives. The hard drive(s) will lag for around 3-5 seconds then there is a clicking noise then it will load. It also happens when I'm flying around in FSX. The sim will freeze and the hard drives do their thing(lag and click) and then FSX crashes to the desktop. Is that a drive problem or, what my guy who built my computer says, the hard drive controller? I'm lost when it comes to stuff like this. I have the new Intel SandyBridge MOBO but had the one with defect replaced with the new replacement that ASUS issued. Any thoughts/leads?These are my drives:1 Intel X25-M SSD 80GB 1 WD VelociRaptor 300GB 10000rpm1 Seagate Barracuda 1 TB 7200rpm

Hey there everybody. I'm trying to find out what is the cause behing this crappy issue i'm having. It happens not just with FSX. But I'll try and explain it the best way I can. Every now and then my hard drive(I don't know which one cause I have 3) will lag when trying to even try to open up Firefox or when I open up My Computer to explore the drives. The hard drive(s) will lag for around 3-5 seconds then there is a clicking noise then it will load. It also happens when I'm flying around in FSX. The sim will freeze and the hard drives do their thing(lag and click) and then FSX crashes to the desktop. Is that a drive problem or, what my guy who built my computer says, the hard drive controller? I'm lost when it comes to stuff like this. I have the new Intel SandyBridge MOBO but had the one with defect replaced with the new replacement that ASUS issued. Any thoughts/leads?These are my drives:1 Intel X25-M SSD 80GB 1 WD VelociRaptor 300GB 10000rpm1 Seagate Barracuda 1 TB 7200rpm

Its most certainly coming from either the WD or Seagate as SSD have no moving parts. Clicking of a mechanical drive is not a good sign. If the seagate drive is a.11 Id put money down that that is the one giving you the grief. Best thing to do would be to download the diagnostic utilities available from Seagate and WD. If the OS is on the ssd the first thing I would do though is disconnect the seagate drive and see if the problem persists.

Likely one of your HDDs is about to crash. try downloading and running the WD Diagnostics tool to read the S.M.A.R.T. Registers of your HDDs.Cheers,- jahman,