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

[Brian Pitts]

On 12/06/2009 11:33 PM, David Ritchie wrote:
> Another suggestion - invest in a power supply tester box (Ultra makes
> a decent one for not much money) - available at Fry's and MIcroCenter
> and eBay - make certain you get one that supports 20/24 pin supplies
> and SATA connectors.
[snip]
> This is used to see what step the BIOS thinks it is at during boot.
> <$15 - these appear to be only available cheaply via eBay.
> There are also PCI bus versions of these devices available. The USB
> device is useful for laptop repair, so I recommend it.

I got these and some other goodies for Free IT Athens from
http://bestofferbuy.com recently

1 x PC Motherboard Repair/Troubleshoot Boot-Failure Diagnostic PCI Card
(E14805)  = $2.50
1 x PC POST Diagnostic Test Card Motherboard Analyzer for PCI/LPT 2
Digits (E15184)  = $6.40
1 x PC Computer ATX+HDD+SATA Power Supply Tester (English Edition)
(E17455) = $8.30
1 x RJ45/RJ11 Network and Telephone Cable Tester (E14328)  = $5.90

Cheap prices and free shipping on all of those. We haven't tried the
network cable tester yet, but the rest work.

-- 
All the best,
Brian Pitts