HDD crashes computers

Problem: a particular hard disk crashes systems shortly after it is detected.

The said hard disk is a WD3200JB model; it's a 3.5" disk from the Caviar SE range, with an IDE interface.

Computer 1.
MS-6577v2.1 m/b 1GB RAM, Celeron 2.53GHz, Windows XP 32 bit
So I power up the disk, having connected a USB <-> IDE interface to it. Then I plug the USB lead in, and after a bit the bubble saying New Device detected springs from the USB icon in the system tray. Before any of the other similar icons appear (thee are usually four bubbles) appear, the computer crashes to a blue screen full of white text and so it remains until I power down the computer. The gist of the test is that there is a memory error - something like page boundary where thee didn't to be one.

Computer 2.
So I try my "trusty" Compaq Presario Celeron 2.7GHz Windows XP 32bit m/b MS-6577 V2.1 in order to see if it is a problem with the particl.ar computer. This time I connect the power from the computer's own PSU rather than an external PSU, and use a different IDE <-> USB device of the same design. This time the computer detects the new device, and then black screens (no writing no cursor, completely black).
Now I turn the computer off connect it as slave drive (jumpered accordingly, as it has been with USB on computer 2,; on computer 1 there were no jumpers.) to internal IDE system of computer 2. The computer POSTs, the correct drive is detected in the BIOS, and on continuing the boot process it restarts before it gets to the loading Windows and the next thing after the brief black screen is the Compaq 'splash screen' ....and so on for3 cycles, until I get the idea and power down.

Has anyone any ideas what the problem is and suggestions on how it might be rectified, or otherwise ? Seems to me it is problem with the disk's electronics or software, and that doesn't exclude any media failures which hopefully are not present.....

Dumb_Question
8.December.2014

 

The HDD is shot, or at least the PCB/IC has issues.

 

Thank you again, the mechanic. Even though that is not quite the answer I'd hoped for. I can't see the top surface of the board with the ICs, not having taken the board off....yet. Of course, the back side of the board looks faultless.

Dumb_Question
8.December.214

 

Over time, current and heat break materials down. Old junctions don't perform like they used to, and sometimes components end up becoming partial shorts.

I've seen a couple Vista machines lately which were light duty, but their drives failed because people didn't keep their machines dust free. OK, honest moment, these were dust kangaroos, not dust bunnies. On one, it was a miracle the CPU heat sink was even passing air.

 

This the opinion of WD. I have not done anything further on this issue.

Dumb_Question
27.December.2014