Summation...
1. Antec 300 direct mounting was too loud, so suspended HDD's.
2. Noise was significantly reduced and ran fine.
3. After two days, one drive stopped showing up in boot AHCI check.
4. Did a few benchmark and error checks, found that my oldest drive (and extra app drive) was wierd read errors but no bad sectors.
5. Switched to IDE mode to try and get rid of the slowdown on boot, computer wouldn't post, froze on the message "Detecting IDE Drives"
6. Unplugged cable of "bad" disk from the motherboard.
7. Machine would post, but couldn't boot windows. Fine with bootable CD-rom.
8. Bought drive to replace failing one.
9. Took apart HDD suspension, one of the sata connectors fell apart in my hands.
10. Said to self "hmmmm...YOU THINK THIS MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT?!?!?!"
11. Answered phone, glad that someone distracted me so I didn't go on a killing spree.
12. Replaced cable on "bad drive" and made sure I had receipt to return new hard drive.
13. Posted on AT.
Moral of the story...if you unplug something while troubleshooting, make sure you unplug both ends and check them just to cover all bases.
Regarding OS not booting when the bad drive was removed...there must have been some drivers or startup program that depended on the apps on that drive. And no, couldn't boot directly into safe mode.
-z
1. Antec 300 direct mounting was too loud, so suspended HDD's.
2. Noise was significantly reduced and ran fine.
3. After two days, one drive stopped showing up in boot AHCI check.
4. Did a few benchmark and error checks, found that my oldest drive (and extra app drive) was wierd read errors but no bad sectors.
5. Switched to IDE mode to try and get rid of the slowdown on boot, computer wouldn't post, froze on the message "Detecting IDE Drives"
6. Unplugged cable of "bad" disk from the motherboard.
7. Machine would post, but couldn't boot windows. Fine with bootable CD-rom.
8. Bought drive to replace failing one.
9. Took apart HDD suspension, one of the sata connectors fell apart in my hands.
10. Said to self "hmmmm...YOU THINK THIS MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT?!?!?!"
11. Answered phone, glad that someone distracted me so I didn't go on a killing spree.
12. Replaced cable on "bad drive" and made sure I had receipt to return new hard drive.
13. Posted on AT.
Moral of the story...if you unplug something while troubleshooting, make sure you unplug both ends and check them just to cover all bases.
Regarding OS not booting when the bad drive was removed...there must have been some drivers or startup program that depended on the apps on that drive. And no, couldn't boot directly into safe mode.
-z
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