DOH! Just broke my Raptor!
27 January 2006, 06:38 PM
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DOH! Just broke my Raptor!
Had a bit of a moment, when slotting my new raptor inside the computer.
Came to attach the SATA cable and found it wouldn't fit properly.
Took the drive out and found the plastic locating plate on the SATA socket of the drive has broken off and deposited itself inside the end of the SATA cable!
I've had to RMA the drive back to WD. They're sending a replacement out straight away, while I send this one back to Germany! DOH!
As an aside, when I get the replacement drive back I intend to install a frsh copy of Windows XP Pro (sp2) on it. I'll be using a very new Windows XP Pro CD complete with SP2, so will this allow me to do a straight install without asking me for the SATA driver right at the begining ?
Came to attach the SATA cable and found it wouldn't fit properly.
Took the drive out and found the plastic locating plate on the SATA socket of the drive has broken off and deposited itself inside the end of the SATA cable!
I've had to RMA the drive back to WD. They're sending a replacement out straight away, while I send this one back to Germany! DOH!
As an aside, when I get the replacement drive back I intend to install a frsh copy of Windows XP Pro (sp2) on it. I'll be using a very new Windows XP Pro CD complete with SP2, so will this allow me to do a straight install without asking me for the SATA driver right at the begining ?
27 January 2006, 08:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Fuchsrohre
Had a bit of a moment, when slotting my new raptor inside the computer.
Came to attach the SATA cable and found it wouldn't fit properly.
Took the drive out and found the plastic locating plate on the SATA socket of the drive has broken off and deposited itself inside the end of the SATA cable!
I've had to RMA the drive back to WD. They're sending a replacement out straight away, while I send this one back to Germany! DOH!
As an aside, when I get the replacement drive back I intend to install a frsh copy of Windows XP Pro (sp2) on it. I'll be using a very new Windows XP Pro CD complete with SP2, so will this allow me to do a straight install without asking me for the SATA driver right at the begining ?
Came to attach the SATA cable and found it wouldn't fit properly.
Took the drive out and found the plastic locating plate on the SATA socket of the drive has broken off and deposited itself inside the end of the SATA cable!
I've had to RMA the drive back to WD. They're sending a replacement out straight away, while I send this one back to Germany! DOH!
As an aside, when I get the replacement drive back I intend to install a frsh copy of Windows XP Pro (sp2) on it. I'll be using a very new Windows XP Pro CD complete with SP2, so will this allow me to do a straight install without asking me for the SATA driver right at the begining ?
29 January 2006, 12:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Fuchsrohre
its a silicon image 3112 Sata Raid
I don't have a floppy drive
Can I press f6 and offer it the driver on another hard disk eg. F: ?
I don't have a floppy drive
Can I press f6 and offer it the driver on another hard disk eg. F: ?
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