Comment 49 for bug 217920
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| Giovanni Rapagnani (matteo666) wrote Re: [Bug 217920] Re: Computer hangs up (freeze) and reports SATA errors during disk checking after reboot | #49 |
Yesterday, I had a very similar problem with a computer that never had this
problem before. I googled and found a very interesting forum discussion with one
person that had experienced this issue. (
http://
different motherboards, with 2 different HDD, with several GNU/Linux
distribution and several SATA cables. Always the problem was there. Someone
argued that SATA cables are often crappy cables, and that he had to replace
almost 20 cables in 4 years. He proposed then to try with a cable of better
quality. This is what our first guy did, he bought a SATA2 cable of better
quality that the SATA ones delivered with the motherboards and his problem was
solved.
I then try to just disconnect my SATA cable and connect it back and my problem
was also solved. I also compared a bunch of SATA cables I have and there
actually is a noticeable difference between them. Some have their contacts that
are hardly visible, other very prominent contacts. The last will least be prone
to problems than the first.
Maybe this won't work for all of you but it could be worth give it a try. Maybe
there are false contacts due to a bad cable in conjunction with the vibrations
inside the tower.
--
Giovanni