At this point, I'm pretty sure it was just a loose connector. I took everything apart and put it back together. Since then, I haven't had any problems with the drive.<br><br>Total drives on the machine: 3. One DVD-RW, one SATA, and the new IDE drive. I've got a 450W power supply -- I figured that would be enough?
<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 4/21/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Matt Dittbenner</b> <<a href="mailto:mbditt@plauditdesign.com">mbditt@plauditdesign.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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Also:<br>
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I didnt read every single reply to your email, but I didn't see anyone
ask you yet. How may drives are in the machine (cdroms, p-ata, sata,
everything) and how fast are they. Also what size of power supply do
you have? I've seen strange issues with failing or strained power
supplies as well. If you have a powerful processor and lots of drives,
you could be experiencing these issues.<br>
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You might want to try replacing the power supply with a spare one, and
unplugging drives you aren't using to make sure it's not the power
supply.<br>
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-matt<br>
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jim scott wrote:
</span></div><div style="direction: ltr;"><blockquote cite="http://midc2c8c3a0604031703s379bb82t71aecdcc41196d54@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"></blockquote></div><div style="direction: ltr;"><span class="q">I have a four month old SATA HD in my FC 4 system. A few
days ago I installed an IDE HD that a friend couldn't use any more.
Since then, my system has been very unstable. The system spontaneously
reboots and leaves me at a boot up screen with a message saying it
can't find my SATA drive. <br>
<br>
I changed the bay on my SATA drive during the install, so I checked the
power and SATA cables. Those both looked good, but I reseated them both
to be sure. Are there any system messages that I should look for? Any
other potential traps when adding an IDE HD to a system? Thanks for any
clues. <br clear="all">
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