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Thought I would add in for others who are having SATA problems some links that I had trouble finding: Intel ICH9R Driver: http://downloadcenter.intel.com/filter_results.aspx?strTypes=all&ProductID=2101&OSFullName=Windows+Vista*+64&lang=eng&strOSs=150&submit=Go! Seagate Barracuda 7200.10...

The Mystery: I have a Gigabyte GA-X48-DS4 motherboard and I've run into a problem. One or more of the three ST3640323AS drives vanish from Windows Vista Business 64-bit edition. These vanishes are usually characterized by a sudden jump in CPU cycles and system pausing before any program running...

First off let me pose a general question about computers. Why does purchasing computer components suck so much? Especially for monitors? Of all the annoying return policies and warranties monitors have the worse. New Egg for instance won't take back a monitor unless it has 8 dead pixels. I...

No thankfully I moved away from those crazy physicists I lived next to last year. I swear always playing with the particle accelerators and causing resonance cascades and the like. Now the question is if nothing fails tests and all that is left is the motherboard what do I have to do? I mean I...

I've looked around a good bit on the forums and haven't found anyone with this issue. However, if I was going to point my finger at one component I would say the motherboard and the AHCI controller is my main suspect.

Hello Everyone, It seems that I find myself in an unusual situation that I seemingly can't resolve. I have had this problem for quite some time but only recently have I had time to try and resolve it. Recently I purchased and assembled the following system: Motherboard: Gigabyte X48 DS4 ( AHCI...

Still no love, I'm really starting to get frustrated as I can't figure out what is going on with my systems. The drives seem to randomly freeze up or vanish altogether. I've tried my best to make sure it's a good connection and now I'm starting to wonder if it's something else. Anyone have any...

I looked around a bit and I found a suggestion of how to deal with SATA cables. I will give it a try and see how it goes. Feel free to drop any other suggestions.

Will this work for the Seagate ST3640323AS, they look like proprietary WD connectors?

So not too long ago I parted together a computer with the following components and I'm running Windows Vista 64 Bit Business: Gigabyte X48 DS4 ( AHCI mode enabled ) Core 2 Duo E8600 3.3 GHz 2x2GB OCZ PC 1066 ATI Radeon 4870 ( Saphire ) Seagate ST3640323AS x 3 LG DVD Burner Corsair HX 1000...

Where did you get that resolution from? According to the DELL tech specs the 3007WFP-HC has a max resolution of 2560X1600 not 2560x1920. In fact from my understanding such a resolution is beyond the capability of DVI-D dual link. AS the 3007WFP-HC has only one DVI-D connection then it couldn't...

Have you check the manufacturers website? They very well might have a user manual that will tell you what that blinking light means. Though most likely if it doesn't turn on when you connect it and its not a connection or resolution problem it's outside of your ability to fix. Look up the...

After testing the hard drives with Seatools, the hard drives had to be run in IDE mode, none of them failed any tests. However, when I was doing a audio test I found out that the drives made a click when powered off then another when they spun up. What this told me was that my drives were...