On Mar 27, 2009, at 8:52 AM, nestamicky wrote:

> I'm now trying to resolve whether replacing the HD ribbon cable  
> would sort the problem finally. As the laptop still won't boot with  
> the HD installed in it, using the ribbon cable. Are these cables  
> known to go bad?

With repeated handling they can break, or become partly disconnected.

> Or, is it the part on the motherboard they're attached to that's  
> gone bad---or is known to go bad?


*any* part of a motherboard can go bad. This is an uncommon failure,  
but a hdd cable is relatively cheap, I'd think, if replacing the cable  
doesn't fix it, it's the logic board.

-- 
Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
Information Technology Group

Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs



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