Hate SATA hard drives

[Shannon McMackin]

Karl F. Larsen wrote:
> 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
> 
> 
Then don't use SATA drives.  Good old-fashioned SCSI drives must still 
be available or the more expensive SAS drives.  Karl, if you chose a 
system with SATA drives, you must've known it was an inexpensive or 
cheap alternative to more reliable, better performing drive technologies.