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Vanishing internal hard drive.
chunter
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i'm looking at a laptop at the moment.
The sata hard drive appears sometimes, other times not.
Tried three sata drives, 2 of them new. Same problem each time.
The drive's not even been registered at the bios stage when it's in it's stealth mode.
Is there such a thing as the SATA drive controller going?
The sata hard drive appears sometimes, other times not.
Tried three sata drives, 2 of them new. Same problem each time.
The drive's not even been registered at the bios stage when it's in it's stealth mode.
Is there such a thing as the SATA drive controller going?
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i'm looking at a laptop at the moment.
The sata hard drive appears sometimes, other times not.
Tried three sata drives, 2 of them new. Same problem each time.
The drive's not even been registered at the bios stage when it's in it's stealth mode.
Is there such a thing as the SATA drive controller going?
Sounds like there is an issue on the controller board (loose connection, poor solder, etc). What model is the laptop?0 -
This is usually a poor soldering issue, but can definitely be fixed. As above - What model?I love adventures. Unfortunately, I don't get to go on them nearly enough. My simple solution? - To indulge in the digital artefacts of the adventures of others. Feel free to indulge in them with me.
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could also be bad sata cable/connector, could be the drive power cable connection too0
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