Victor Padro wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 12:46 PM, Chris Rees <utisoft@(protected):
>
>  
>> 2008/6/22 Karl Larsen <k5di@(protected)>:
>>  
>>> Chris Rees wrote:
>>>    
>>>>> Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2008 09:33:23 -0600
>>>>> Karl Larsen <k5di@(protected):
>>>>>
>>>>>  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
>>>
>>>
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>> Don't pay more than € 5-7 for one though :D
>>
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>
> AHCI, not AHTI
> Advanced Host Controller Interface
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Host_Controller_Interface
>
> 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
>
>  
  Hi Victor. The power cable came with the motherboard power supply. I
am not sure the power cord is bad. It might be that I was fooled by the
bad serial cable.

  Yes it is AHCI which is interesting and I can get it if I call the
SATA hd a raid drive. But I think the cable is bad. I need to correct
that first.

Karl


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