Recent content by nicklarsen

Yeah, after tons of crap, and eventually getting the drive to load up in Knoppix, I got the stuff off I needed. So I'm just going to do some massive reformats, as the previous drive that didn't work was the system drive in a dell system, so a confused hpa could be it. Thanks for the advice

No clue why, but it just recognized the backup drive. Here's what happened, and I'll post a summary if everything decides to work fine after this. I Put the backup drive back in my system from the external enclosure. Rebooted a few times. Ran a quick test of Hitachi's Drive Fitness Test...

Old system: XP Pro 1tb system drive 1tb backup drive New sytem: Vista Ultimate 32 Q9450 Gigabyte DQ6 X38 4GB G.Skill DDR2-8000 Corsair HX620 with modded power cables ( like here ) ATI X800SE 6 total hds in the system 2 x Pioneer 215 DVD/RW Installed Vista to a new hd...

Brilliant. Thanks Zero, that is exactly what I wanted to hear.

Arcygenical: Do you have any clue what one line from the psu is able to provide in terms of wattage? Zero: I think you misread my post. I'm talking 4 hds on one modular line from the psu. I just don't want to overload a single feed, if that is even possible with hds... Thanks

I modded my power cables on the Corsair HX620 to put the sata power connectors closer together. (Like Here) But the stock cables only come with 3 connectors per cable, and I'd like to have 4 hard drives on one cable. Is it safe to run 4 hds off one cable? What is the max number of hard drives...

I modded my power cables on the Corsair HX620 to put the sata power connectors closer together. (Like Here) But the stock cables only come with 3 connectors per cable, and I'd like to have 4 hard drives on one cable. What is the max number of hard drives that can be hooked up to a single...