sata problems

[Doug]

On 9/24/2010 11:40 AM, drew einhorn wrote:
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> On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 12:14 PM, Ric Moore <wayward4now at gmail.com
> <mailto:wayward4now at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     On Thu, 2010-09-23 at 11:39 -0600, drew einhorn wrote:
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>      >
>      > The controller thats giving me problems is a:
>      >
>      >
>      >     SiL 3132 SATARaid with bios 7.4.05
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>     Here's another shot in the dark, but on my motherboard the SATA
>     connector is slightly loose. The builder of my machine dabbed some
>     silicone rubber where the plug went into it's base to hold it more
>     secure, after it dried. He mentioned that it was a common problem. If I
>     nudged the machine, just the slightest, the drive would disconnect. The
>     silicone fixed that. No idea if I was BS'd or not, but it worked. Ric
>
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> Need to do more testing.
> But the error is triggered when I start copying lots of data to the external
> enclosure, either with a cp -R or (cd source; tar cf - .) | (cd dest;
> tar xf -),
> not when a cable gets jiggled.
>
>
> --
> Drew Einhorn

I assume you mean that the _pins_ of the connector are wobbly.
If the connector is loose on the mobo, it must need to be resoldered. 
If it is a thru-hole connector--that is, if the pins go all the way thru 
the board and can be soldered from the bottom side--then you
should take out the board and (carefully) resolder them.  If it is
a surface-mount part, and you can see the pins where they're soldered
to the board, you can (very carefully, with a fine-tipped iron)
resolder them.  If you can't see the pins where they are soldered to the 
board, they are reflowed, and there's no way you can fix that,
that I'm aware of.  Not safely, anyway. Gluing the plastic part of the 
connector down to the board will not fix the underlying problem. I spent 
most of my life in engineering, and have worked on a lot of hardware, so 
I expect that this advice is correct.

If by any chance, the mobo (or the whole computer) is still under
warranty, take it back and let the dealer or manufacturer deal with
the problem,  Most likely, the whole mobo would be replaced.

--doug



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