<div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 12:46 PM, Chris Rees <<a href="mailto:utisoft@googlemail.com">utisoft@googlemail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> 2008/6/22 Karl Larsen <<a href="mailto:k5di@zianet.com">k5di@zianet.com</a>>: <div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">> Chris Rees wrote: >>> >>> Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2008 09:33:23 -0600 >>> Karl Larsen <<a href="mailto:k5di@zianet.com">k5di@zianet.com</a>> 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 > > > -- > > Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI > Linux User > #450462 <a href="http://counter.li.org" target="_blank">http://counter.li.org</a>. > PGP 4208 4D6E 595F 22B9 FF1C ECB6 4A3C 2C54 FE23 53A7 > > </div></div>Don't pay more than € 5-7 for one though :D -- R< $&h ! > $- ! $+ $@ $2 < @ $1 .UUCP. > (<a href="http://sendmail.cf" target="_blank">sendmail.cf</a>) <div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"> -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </div></div></blockquote></div> AHCI, not AHTI Advanced Host Controller Interface <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Host_Controller_Interface">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Host_Controller_Interface</a> 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