Re: Error message.

From	"~misfit~" <shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.laptops
Subject	Re: Error message.
Date	2016-08-30 15:10 +1200
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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Once upon a time on usenet ~misfit~ wrote:
> 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.

Installing a 500 GB Seagate Momentus 7200.4 (which I took from my spare T60 
after cloning the OS partition onto the 160 GB Hitachi) fixed the problem. 
Now the SSD cache is working as designed. :-)
-- 
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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Error message. Larry <alexandrinelibrarian@gmail.com> - 2016-08-15 16:32 -0700
  Re: Error message. Adrian Caspersz <email@here.invalid> - 2016-08-18 10:38 +0100
    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
        Re: Error message. "~misfit~" <shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com> - 2016-08-24 12:41 +1200
          Re: Error message. "~misfit~" <shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com> - 2016-08-24 16:16 +1200
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              Re: Error message. "~misfit~" <shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com> - 2016-08-30 15:10 +1200
                Re: Error message. Adrian Caspersz <email@here.invalid> - 2016-08-30 21:20 +0100
                Re: Error message. "~misfit~" <shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com> - 2016-09-03 12:01 +1200
    Re: Error message. Larry <alexandrinelibrarian@gmail.com> - 2016-09-11 12:30 -0700
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