April 11th, 2011
There are basically two cables that come with hard drives may they be SATA or IDE, the power and bus cable. The ribbon cable as it is known due it’s resemblance to one in an IDE drive is usually colored grey but it can come in many colors depending on the motherboard manufacturer. Should you ask if they do fail, yes they do and it may bring about a myriad of mysterious events such as disappearing drives or intermittent connection to one. Simply replace the flat cable and re-seat the power supply chord to diagnose it properly and check for the usual humming(no clicking) of the drive as it spins up to proper operating speed and you’re good to go…
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