Hate SATA hard drives
Karl F. Larsen
klarsen1 at gmail.com
Sun Aug 30 11:06:08 UTC 2009
Robert Holtzman wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 04:39:04PM -0600, Karl F. Larsen wrote:
>> My computer started to look odd. Things were fading out. I decided to
>> reboot. It didn't work, but complained about many bad sectors. I turned
>> it off.
>>
>> When I turned it on the computer would not boot, didn't even get to a
>> grub list. So turned it off again and pulled off the top and one side of
>> my computer. The hard drive looked fine but I pulled the red cable off
>> and put it back on. Then unplugged it from the mother board and then
>> back in.
>>
>> Put the computer back together and it is working fine again!
>
> And this is the fault of the SATA drive?
>
>
Yes! The data socket on a SATA hard drive is a simple printed wiring
board socket. The plug on the motherboard is a special made plug that is
not good.
The reason for the SATA hard drive is it is cheap to make. And that IS
a fault.
73 karl
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