[arch-general] Possible hard drive failure, DMA errors.

[P Nikolic]

On Sunday 12 Feb 2012 17:38:12 Jordan Windsor wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 1:07 PM, Jordan Windsor <jordanw2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 8:29 AM, Mauro Santos
> > 
Snippage

> 
> I checked the cables many times, including the SATA ports used, the
> hard drive wouldn't work in any configuration.
> Thanks. (Solution found, get a new hard drive :) )

Hi   

Just a quick word from someone that has been through hel and back with SATA 
drives  get yourself some of the data cable that have a clip to hold them in 
place and even then use a blob of hot melt glue on each connector to stop it 
moving  i have has 2 drives fried by cheap data cables moving around in the 
connector .

It has got the be the worst design for a data connection i have ever seen 
there was some crap around but the SATA ones take the untimat  prize as the 
biggest junk ever designed

Pete .

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