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

[Geoffrey]

Greg Freemyer wrote:
> 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.

Never would have thought it, but booted the machine with each drive 
connected to an external power source and the bios sees the drives.

Thanks folks, headed out to purchase another PS.

> 
> 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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Until later, Geoffrey

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