[ale] two sata drives fail at the same time?

[Greg Freemyer]

And sata drives can be safely powered from a separate supply.  Ie. No
common ground required.

If the eztra supply is not in a system there are a couple pins you
have to short to get PSU to power up.

Greg

On 12/6/09, Calvin Harrigan <charriglists at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> Geoffrey wrote:
>> Jim Popovitch wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 12:04, Geoffrey <lists at serioustechnology.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> So, what are the chances that two different sata drives, same
>>>> manufacturer (wd), that were purchased at different times,
>>>>
>>> Were they made at the same time?  Did you happen to record their
>>> serial numbers before they went bad?
>>>
>>
>> More on this.  I've checked with the WD website, both drives are still
>> under warranty.
>>
>> Here's the bizzare part.  I've removed both drives, placed them in an
>> external encloser and I can mount and read both.
>>
>> So, now I'm thinking a problem with the motherboard?  It doesn't make
>> sense since I've tried two different SATA interfaces (add on card, and
>> motherboard interface) and get the same result with both, no boot.  If I
>> disconnect the drives, the machine boots, looking for a cd.  With them
>> connected, I don't even get bios, nothing.
>>
>>
>>> -Jim P.
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> Again, did you check the power supply and the individual power rails.
> If you have a spare supply swap it out.
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