[mythtv-users] OT: Hardware failure

Brian Wood beww at beww.org
Tue Jul 24 15:50:24 UTC 2007


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



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