- Joined
- Aug 14, 2006
- Location
- Harrisonburg, VA
Ok so I came downstairs this morning turned on my PC, gets ready to load desktop ... black screen with mouse pointer. Figured video card ... reboot. Reboot stalls at BIOS screen. Reboot open BIOS and it sits at loading HDDs. Reboot again it goes to hardware monitor and gives me an error about no partition. Reboot into BIOS ... see it only sees my secondary backup HDD not my main drive.
My main drive is a 300GB Velociraptor and my backup is just a small 80GB WD for storing my backup image and a small linux boot. So I make sure the cables are connected they are. Unplug one at a time and try booting, the 80GB boots fine. The 300GB raptor alone won't. Unplug and plug it back in a few times and it boots finally,
When I plug the SATA cable into my 80GB drive it makes a click sound. My raptor doesn't. Seems like ti doesn't snap in and just hangs in there. It's always been like that. Had this happen a few times, but never really looked into I guess.
Anyone else with a 300GB Velociraptor out there tell me if there SATA cable clicks into the connector or just slides in? I think the connection is nonexistent so I might need to RMA.
Thanks!
My main drive is a 300GB Velociraptor and my backup is just a small 80GB WD for storing my backup image and a small linux boot. So I make sure the cables are connected they are. Unplug one at a time and try booting, the 80GB boots fine. The 300GB raptor alone won't. Unplug and plug it back in a few times and it boots finally,
When I plug the SATA cable into my 80GB drive it makes a click sound. My raptor doesn't. Seems like ti doesn't snap in and just hangs in there. It's always been like that. Had this happen a few times, but never really looked into I guess.
Anyone else with a 300GB Velociraptor out there tell me if there SATA cable clicks into the connector or just slides in? I think the connection is nonexistent so I might need to RMA.
Thanks!