[mythtv-users] OT: Hardware failure

[Eric Smith]

On 7/24/07, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:
>
> Eric Smith wrote:
>
> >
> > Thanks Brian.  Is it really possible that the ribbon/connector/ide bus
> > has some issue which is allowing the one hard drive to boot, but none of
> > the others I've tried.  In all of my test cases i was using the same
> > ribbon and the same connector.  I can swap out the ribbon and see if
> > that makes a difference... but is there anything else I can actually do
> > to test this theory?
>
> Replacing the cable is the best bet. Also, as was mentioned here
> yesterday, check for bent pins on the drive and mobo connectors.
>
> It IS possible to put the "keyed" connector into a drive in the wrong
> way. I know, I have done it.
>
> BEWW



No luck.  I switched out the IDE ribbon and had the same results... able to
boot the old fc3 drive but not a newer winxp or fc6 drive.  I also retried
the fedora live cd while the working HDD was connected and was not able to
get that to boot either. I triple checked all the pins and there is nothing
visibly wrong anywhere.
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