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2008年09月28日
SATA CABLES ARE SERIOUS BUSINESS
Ok
So Windows Defender Update fucks up my Vista install AGAIN, and I go to reinstall
Since it's only been like 3 days since I reinstalled (my shortest run yet) I don't even bother backing shit up and just pop in the Vista DVD and off I go
"Windows cannot format the disk blahblahblah"
wtf
Now, previously, my RAID5 array (250gb x 4) had a drive fail, so I put the failed drive in another box to test it out... all checks out fine. I'm like ok????? And the first rule of when something goes wrong in a PC is "Is it plugged in lol" and I change the cable and poof! drive works again, array rebuilds itself, and that's the end of that. Then this happens again a few weeks later with a different disk in the array, go through the same steps, back up again. Then another... Soooooo it looks as though the cables that came with my EVGA nForce 780i motherboard are all of the worst quality (or the best, depending on if you're selling or buying).
Then today. I guess I'm just optimistic or some shit and wanted to believe that it was just a fluke that those cables were bad and I was still running one of the oem cables with my main drive, and I swapped that out.. and what do you fucking know, no more error msg, no more bullshit, and Vista is installing happily as I write this.
So a word of WARNING!!!!1
CABLES ARE SERIOUS BUSINESS
and of you are the owner of an EVGA nForce 780i mobo and are using the included black sata cables with the innovative little aluminum? clip that holds them in place, keep an eye on that shit. Cuz it may be just my bad luck but if it's happened to me, it sure as hell can happen to someone else.