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SATA not detected all the time
Name: sjd9910 Date: April 27, 2005 at 05:27:08 Pacific OS: WinXP Pro SP1 CPU/Ram: 3GHz P4, 512MB DDR
Comment:
I have two hard drives, and one is connected the primary IDE and the other is connected to SATA (as a Third Primary Drive).
When I leave my computer off for a few hours, the SATA is not detected; only the IDE is detected. Restarting the computer fixes the problem, and as long as I don't shut the computer off for more than a few hours, the SATA stays detected.
What does that mean? I know it's not normal... Just wondering if there's something that's not set right, or that the drive is going bad?
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