Machine suddenly unstable

[Massnegro]

Hi there all, any ideas on this one…

My G4 MDD Dual 1.25 has become a little unstable in the last few days, applications keep hanging, or just refuse to start (not responding message seen if I force quit) and it’s now a bit temperamental about shutting down or seeing flashcards

Now the only thing I done in recent days is install a Firmtek SeriTek/1S2 SATA controller, could this be the cause of this?
And might a wipe and rebuild solve this?

 

[Queso]

Take out the controller for a couple of days and see if that helps. If there's no change in behaviour back up your stuff quickly. Your hard disk is most likely beginning to go.

 

[Massnegro]

Take out the controller for a couple of days and see if that helps. If there's no change in behaviour back up your stuff quickly. Your hard disk is most likely beginning to go.

Thankfully I've just done a backup, so you think it might be the hard drive, anyway, I must be lucky, as to date I've never had a drive fail on me, so I'm not too sure of spotting the symptoms...