Jesus H Corbett... uh... I mean Christ.
Got my SATA drive today. Plugged it in, POST screen froze. After much plugging/unplugging it transpired that this drive doesn't auto-negotiate 1.5Gbps which is all my motherboard supports.
I downloaded a tool from the Samsung site to switch it to 1.5Gbps, only I couldn't boot to anything with the drive plugged in. Eventually I managed to fox it. Booted from the CD with no hard drive plugged in, then plugged the data cable in after the CD had booted. Job done.
Or so I thought....
It was detecting the hard drive fine now. So I plugged the molex connector into the side fan and put the side of the case back on, and switched it on.
No hard drives detected. EH?!
After much head-scratching I noticed through the perspex panel in the side of the case, that the SATA cable had come off the motherboard! Opened it up again and replaced it, all done. Its currently installing Vista SP1 as I speak.
But seriously tho.... how cruddy are SATA cables? It must've literally dropped off the motherboard when I plugged the case fan in as there's a fair old tangle of cables in there which I just can't be arsed to sort out tonight.
Every time I do anything inside me PC now, I'm going to have to check that the SATA cable hasn't gone walkabout before I replace the side panel.
Got my SATA drive today. Plugged it in, POST screen froze. After much plugging/unplugging it transpired that this drive doesn't auto-negotiate 1.5Gbps which is all my motherboard supports.
I downloaded a tool from the Samsung site to switch it to 1.5Gbps, only I couldn't boot to anything with the drive plugged in. Eventually I managed to fox it. Booted from the CD with no hard drive plugged in, then plugged the data cable in after the CD had booted. Job done.
Or so I thought....
It was detecting the hard drive fine now. So I plugged the molex connector into the side fan and put the side of the case back on, and switched it on.
No hard drives detected. EH?!
After much head-scratching I noticed through the perspex panel in the side of the case, that the SATA cable had come off the motherboard! Opened it up again and replaced it, all done. Its currently installing Vista SP1 as I speak.
But seriously tho.... how cruddy are SATA cables? It must've literally dropped off the motherboard when I plugged the case fan in as there's a fair old tangle of cables in there which I just can't be arsed to sort out tonight.
Every time I do anything inside me PC now, I'm going to have to check that the SATA cable hasn't gone walkabout before I replace the side panel.