question, would a loose SATA cable cause blue screens?

[hclarkjr]

i am experiencing some whacky blue screens the last couple of days so i started testing hardware and in doing so noticed my SATA cable for my SSD was at a goofy angle and not making good contact. would that cause blue screens?

 

[stahlhart]

i am experiencing some whacky blue screens the last couple of days so i started testing hardware and in doing so noticed my SATA cable for my SSD was at a goofy angle and not making good contact. would that cause blue screens?

Absolutely. It still happens on some occasions on my previous build -- it was an early implementation of SATA ports on the motherboard that don't support latching cables. Not always BSOD, but sometimes just a system freeze, drive LED on solid, etc.

 

[mfenn]

i am experiencing some whacky blue screens the last couple of days so i started testing hardware and in doing so noticed my SATA cable for my SSD was at a goofy angle and not making good contact. would that cause blue screens?

Certainly. If it wasn't making good contact that could cause random bits to get flipped as they pass through the cable.

 

[corkyg]

Definitely yes.

 

[dbcooper1]

Sure- anything that causes undetected data corruption can give you symptoms like that.

 

[hclarkjr]

ok, well hopefully that little drama is over and done with now. so far no more blue screens. now i can start installing software again.

 

[hclarkjr]

thanx for the tips

 

[soccerballtux]

no shouldn't matter all that matters is if "most" of the data gets there. All that should really happen is like, maybe you can only use 2/3rds the features of MS Office. Or, you can only send an email to 2/3rds of your contacts.