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I accidentally disconnected the SATA to motherboard cable, with the power suply cable still attached (from HDD 1). It crashed my Ubuntu, and when I connected the SATA cable back to HDD 1, it doesn't work.
The computer can't see any of my HDDs, but when I disconnect the SATA HDD 1 cable again, it sees my other drive (HDD 2)!
HDD 1 is making a spinning noise.
Ufonautas
Posted 2010-11-30T17:54:30.507
Reputation: 15
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use an external enclosure/case to see if it can read anything
just to clarify what part of the computer doesnt see the hdd? the BIOS or the OS/LiveCD?
madmaze
Posted 2010-11-30T17:54:30.507
Reputation: 3 447
None of them sees the hdd. – Ufonautas – 2010-11-30T18:07:21.777
here this is all you need, and im sure they'll ship it to your country. http://cgi.ebay.com/USB-2-0-IDE-SATA-S-ATA-2-5-3-5-HD-HDD-Adapter-Cable-/180550148600?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a09a0a1f8
– madmaze – 2010-11-30T19:41:48.033also try a different computer maybe? – madmaze – 2010-11-30T19:43:10.853
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If BIOS can't see the drive and you already tried madmaze's suggestion, the last ditch is switching out the controller board with something similar. Check fleabay/newegg/tiger for similar drives.
RobotHumans
Posted 2010-11-30T17:54:30.507
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Is buying external cases are the only solution? Becouse they are expensive in my country – Ufonautas – 2010-11-30T18:27:37.017
not a lot else you can do here. imo something fried when you hot swapped a non-hotswappable drive – RobotHumans – 2010-11-30T18:45:16.800
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If possible you should try using a external HDD case, or a HD Dock of some sort.
Wayne-Z
Posted 2010-11-30T17:54:30.507
Reputation: 335
No, but i have tried to connect it to other PC. It doesn't work there too. – Ufonautas – 2010-11-30T19:43:48.543
Just as a comment, SATA supports hotplug per spec and it's unlikely that the drive was damaged. I did that several times myself and everything has worked fine. – whitequark – 2010-11-30T18:06:05.973