Re: Interesting hard disk experience.
Tom Horsley wrote:
A disk (apparently) went really bad - the system would hang
during POST if it was plugged in. So, I got a new disk, got
it formatted and restored from backup, and about the time I
finished that process, it developed the same symptoms :-).
Figuring it couldn't possibly really be bad so quick, I dug out
a new sata cable and plugged it into a different sata connector
on the motherboard,
You have too many independent variables. Try the new cable with the old
connector, then the old cable with the new connector.
Matt Flaschen