I've had at least three early SATA cables which developed a fault; they
seemed to be wobbly in their 'sockets' and showed the symptoms you
describe.
More recent SATA cables have been OK here so far.
IMHO surge protectors are essential for anything with chips or
transistors: cheap peace of mind.
When my daughter's car battery (original, 9 years old) gave up in the
current cold blast, she asked: "Do I need a new starter motor?"
Random replacement of components is expensive and wasteful - with
computer stuff just as with cars.
Tony Wood
(from Linux Mint12 PC)
On 06/02/12 18:09, Rob Malpass wrote:
>
> Hi all
>
> As you may remember from my post last week, my Ubuntu machine's HD
> died. Despite a brand new HDD I'm having intermittent problems
> ranging from install failing to complete with another HDD error to the
> BIOS not detecting the drive at all.
>
> I have literally just tried a new SATA data cable and all (so far
> touch wood!) seems well. The thing is - if the problem persists -
> what part should I look at replacing next? The PSU? The mobo? Could
> this be some sort of mains AC problem and would a new surge protector
> be more the order of the day? I should add I have several other
> boxes on the same ring main that appear to be working fine.
>
> Are these "new" (yada yada I know I'm not exactly Mr Current Affairs)
> SATA data cables any better or worse for bad connections than other
> types of BUS e.g. usb or even pata ide?
>
> Cheers
>
> Rob
>
>
>
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