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<blockquote data-quote="intracube" data-source="post: 910020" data-attributes="member: 380516"><p>It could be the SATA cables themselves - dust or oxidation build up giving a poor connection.</p><p></p><p>I had a set of unbranded cables on my old computer that gave various errors. The hard disks would sometimes not show at the BIOS screen. Or they would, but the names/model number would be partly corrupted. Or everything would look fine at the BIOS, but Linux would flag up I/O errors when reading/writing files (not sure what the Windows equiv messages are). Or the system would freeze.</p><p></p><p>Blowing into the SATA connectors out with compressed air and plugging in 5 to 10 times was a temporary fix. I later replaced the cables which helped... but if the computer hasn't been on for a few months it sometimes starts throwing up the same errors.</p><p></p><p>The old cables never seemed a good fit. They'd wobble and move around at the motherboard end. I guess the tolerances of the SATA plugs and/or the mobo sockets was too loose...</p><p></p><p>My current computer with a Gigabyte mobo came with a bunch of cables which fitted far more snugly. I've never had any problems with it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="intracube, post: 910020, member: 380516"] It could be the SATA cables themselves - dust or oxidation build up giving a poor connection. I had a set of unbranded cables on my old computer that gave various errors. The hard disks would sometimes not show at the BIOS screen. Or they would, but the names/model number would be partly corrupted. Or everything would look fine at the BIOS, but Linux would flag up I/O errors when reading/writing files (not sure what the Windows equiv messages are). Or the system would freeze. Blowing into the SATA connectors out with compressed air and plugging in 5 to 10 times was a temporary fix. I later replaced the cables which helped... but if the computer hasn't been on for a few months it sometimes starts throwing up the same errors. The old cables never seemed a good fit. They'd wobble and move around at the motherboard end. I guess the tolerances of the SATA plugs and/or the mobo sockets was too loose... My current computer with a Gigabyte mobo came with a bunch of cables which fitted far more snugly. I've never had any problems with it. [/QUOTE]
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