SATA Hard Drives

[Victor Padro]

On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 12:46 PM, Chris Rees <utisoft at googlemail.com> wrote:

> 2008/6/22 Karl Larsen <k5di at zianet.com>:
> > Chris Rees wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2008 09:33:23 -0600
> >>> Karl Larsen <k5di at zianet.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>   I have this computer on a SATA hard drive and it keeps failing. The
> >>> failure is in the data cable or the power cable and I can't tell for
> >>> sure which is bad. I am now using the old style power because the SATA
> >>> drive has this still. That stopped the failures for awhile.
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>>
> >>>   But this Sunday I booted up and got an error that has nothing to do
> >>> with a hard drive failure, but in an hour the screen lost all colors
> and
> >>> even the shapes of items on the screen were odd. I re-booted and it
> >>> would not reboot. I had to  turn off the computer with the power
> switch.
> >>> Then tried to come back up and it would not boot.
> >>>
> >>>    I looked at the BIOS and it said NO hard drives! Turned off the
> >>> computer and pulled off the cover a giggled the two ends of the data
> >>> cable. Turned it on and it booted right up. It looks normal again.
> >>>
> >>>   I know a lot of people are using SATA drives now. How did you get
> >>> them to work in a reliable way?
> >>>
> >>
> >> Use a decent cable? Try replacing it, I'll post you one if you want, I
> >> have thousands.
> >>
> >> Seriously, I will if you want one :)
> >>
> >> Chris
> >>
> >>
> >
> >   I think yours is the right idea. I will try to find one at the local
> > stores. They should not be expensive.
> >
> >
> > Karl
> >
> >
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> >
>
> Don't pay more than € 5-7 for one though :D
>
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AHCI, not AHTI
Advanced Host Controller Interface
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Host_Controller_Interface

but I think it's also a good idea to test with a new SATA data cable, or
even a power SATA cable too.

cheers
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