Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: ide harddisk freeze WDC WD1800JB vs VIA VT8235 | From | Soeren Sonnenburg <> | Date | 01 Jan 2003 17:17:51 +0100 |
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On Wed, 2003-01-01 at 16:59, Mark Rutherford wrote: > Q: are you using cables with a slave connector, but its not in use? > I had this problem, with this chipset and it turned out that it didnt like > having > a long 80 wire cable with a loose connector > I got a round cable with just 2 connectors, 1 for the board and 1 for the > drive.... > never locked again. > I thought it to be strange as well. > but with my setup it happened more frequently, say once every 2-3 hours. > hope this is of any help.
Thanks for your answer.
Indeed these cables have slave connectors (which are unused). I tried a round cable and 2 different non-round ones... I also went down to udma4 (==udma66)... no use..
I am not sure whether the harddisk should cold-freeze...
Soeren.
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