Hate SATA hard drives

[Karl F. Larsen]

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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