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The motherboard has two esata ports. After plugging in five sata drives in various sequences, three would no longer spin up.
I am wondering if the electrical differences would be enough to short them out.
@moab The drives were mounted internally in the case, and powered by the internal PSU, and connected by a standard sata (not esata) cable. A number of different arrangements were tried, to try and identify the problem, so it isn't clear exactly what was plugged in where when they failed.
You might consider editing you question to include exactly how you connected them and what type of cable was used, or enclosure. – Moab – 2011-07-06T00:14:48.687