On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 4:30 PM, David Relson <rel...@osagesoftware.com> wrote: > On Thu, 15 Jan 2009 08:24:55 -0500 > Dan Cowsill wrote: > >> On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 8:01 AM, Matt Harrison >> <iwasinnamuk...@genestate.com> wrote: >> > Thanks for the detailed information. I have some news, but it >> > requires me to put on my embarrassed face. >> >> No need to be embarrassed! I work in the repair industry and I can't >> tell you how many times I've run into the same thing. The worst is >> when the button is stuck or there's a short in the block and you just >> can't figure out why it'll only stay on for a half second. >> >> I've given up trying to deal with Asus. Every technical support >> situation I've been in with them makes me want to visit unreasonable >> harm on cute fuzzy things. However, I've gotta say they do make some >> decent hardware. >> >> Good luck, >> D > > Just a week or so ago I was switching from an IDE hard drive to SATA, a > task which entailed adding SATA port to my kernel, tweaking grub, etc. > At one point, when selecting a drive (by switching cables), the mobo > end of the SATA cable got detached. Since I was experimenting with > software settings I assumed a mistake was why the SATA drive was no > longer visible. It was a while before I thought to check the cable. > Sigh :-<
I did the same thing when building my PC and thought I was doing something wrong. The aftermarket SATA cables I bought were VERY loose (with no locking mechanism), and the drives are packed in very tightly so the slightest bit of a touch on the cables causes them to dislodge.
