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On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 4:30 PM, David Relson <relson@×××××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Thu, 15 Jan 2009 08:24:55 -0500 |
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> Dan Cowsill wrote: |
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> |
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>> On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 8:01 AM, Matt Harrison |
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>> <iwasinnamuknow@×××××××××.com> wrote: |
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>> > Thanks for the detailed information. I have some news, but it |
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>> > requires me to put on my embarrassed face. |
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>> |
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>> No need to be embarrassed! I work in the repair industry and I can't |
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>> tell you how many times I've run into the same thing. The worst is |
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>> when the button is stuck or there's a short in the block and you just |
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>> can't figure out why it'll only stay on for a half second. |
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>> |
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>> I've given up trying to deal with Asus. Every technical support |
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>> situation I've been in with them makes me want to visit unreasonable |
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>> harm on cute fuzzy things. However, I've gotta say they do make some |
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>> decent hardware. |
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>> |
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>> Good luck, |
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>> D |
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> |
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> Just a week or so ago I was switching from an IDE hard drive to SATA, a |
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> task which entailed adding SATA port to my kernel, tweaking grub, etc. |
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> At one point, when selecting a drive (by switching cables), the mobo |
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> end of the SATA cable got detached. Since I was experimenting with |
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> software settings I assumed a mistake was why the SATA drive was no |
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> longer visible. It was a while before I thought to check the cable. |
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> Sigh :-< |
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I did the same thing when building my PC and thought I was doing |
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something wrong. The aftermarket SATA cables I bought were VERY loose |
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(with no locking mechanism), and the drives are packed in very tightly |
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so the slightest bit of a touch on the cables causes them to dislodge. |
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