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

[Geoffrey]

Calvin Harrigan wrote:
> Geoffrey wrote:
>> So, what are the chances that two different sata drives, same 
>> manufacturer (wd), that were purchased at different times, would fail at 
>> exactly the same time?
>>
>> Is it possible for a drive failure to cause another to fail?  I'm 
>> grasping, but I just can see this happening.
>>
>> They were connected to an interface card, so I removed it and connected 
>> them to the onboard interface, no go.  both drives appear to exhibit low 
>> clicking sounds.
>>
>> This pretty much sucks.
>>
>> This system sits behind a decent ups/surge protector, no problems with 
>> any other hardware and no recent electrical issues known.
>>
>>
>>   
> Bad power supply/bad 12v rail/bad connection?  Using any molex
> splitters/converters?

I would think that the drives would simply not be visible then? 
Apparently, it sees the drive(s) when it tries to boot, since it won't 
boot, not even into bios.

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Until later, Geoffrey

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