On Wed, 2008-04-16 at 07:43 -0700, Bob Young wrote:

>
> I do have a second brand new 250G Seagate, is another clean install, with a
> *second* brand new drive the best alternative, or is some even lower level
> hardware (i.e. disk controller) the more likely culprit at this point?
>
> Thanks for listening
> Bob Young
> San Jose, CA.
>

I suspect the cables. You could also blame the controller but bad cables
are easier to test and easier to replace.