[mythtv-users] OT: Boot Failure Follow-up
Michael T. Dean
mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Sun Mar 5 21:53:00 UTC 2006
On 03/05/2006 02:41 PM, Mercury Morris wrote:
>I removed the original A8N-SLI Deluxe motherboard and installed a new one.
>
>The same error occurred! Unbelievably, the BIOS on the new motherboard
>still saw only the First SATA Master hard disk, and not the second one!
>
>So, I replaced the SATA signal cable between the second hard disk and the
>motherboard, and the problem went away.
>
>The lesson I learned from this experience is: When the BIOS doesn't see
>all the hard disks, try replacing the cables first. It's much easier than
>replacing a motherboard.
>
I was helping a friend diagnose a failed hard drive on his Myth box just
over a year ago. I concluded the drive's electronics got fried since
the BIOS wouldn't even recognize the drive. So he went out and bought
what turned out to be a $200 IDE cable that came with a free 300GB HDD.
:) That was the first time in my life I've ever seen an IDE cable just
"die" while a system was running (gave up in the middle of a football
game he was recording/watching with a group of people).
At least in his case, he could continue to use the old drive and just
add the new one. Using two motherboards is more expensive--that
involves buying new CPU, RAM, HDD, ...
Mike
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