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Re: Error message.

From "~misfit~" <shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.laptops
Subject Re: Error message.
Date 2016-08-25 13:17 +1200
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
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Once upon a time on usenet ~misfit~ wrote:
[snipped]
> All sorted now - thanks!
>
> When reading that Intel document I saw reference to NCQ and when I
> checked I found that the HDD I'd installed W7 on (intending to clone
> to a bigger disk if all went well) was an older SATA drive that
> didn't support NCQ. I just did a test-clone to a different disk which
> *does* support NCQ and now I can accelerate the drive* using Intel
> Rapid Storage Technology.

But it's never that bloody simple for me!

Today it won't boot and, on Googling the model of the HDD (HTS541616J9SA00) 
*and* "NCQ" I see numerous mentions of improperly implimented NCQ and page 
titles such as "One more Hitachi HDD to add to NCQ Blacklist".

Yesterday I just Googled the HDD model number, checked the spec sheet and 
saw it was claimed to support NCQ. I only hope that a clone copy of this HDD 
onto a better HDD will work as I deleted the partitions on the source HDD 
when all seemed to go well.

We can also add into the mix the stupidly-designed SATA-to-planar cable that 
this laptop uses is getting flakey - I had to re-seat it a few times 
yesterday (and tried again after errors).

http://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c03291169

The SATA connector was designed to be a universal connector that can handle 
multiple insertion cycles. I've had nothing but trouble with laptops that 
insist on having a connector between the HDD and planar over the years - 
you'd think they'd learn! This one is particularly fiddly and fragile.

Cross your fingers for me. I'll likely have to steal a HDD out of another 
working laptop to use so I'll need to do at least two clone cycles to see if 
I can finally get this thing running right.
-- 
Shaun.

"Humans will have advanced a long, long way when religious belief has a cozy 
little classification in the DSM*."
David Melville (in r.a.s.f1)
(*Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) 

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    Re: Error message. "~misfit~" <shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com> - 2016-08-24 01:04 +1200
      Re: Error message. Adrian Caspersz <email@here.invalid> - 2016-08-23 19:33 +0100
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