I do agree with Chris, it seems the server is pretty old. I dont agree on the controller on the motherboard side, it will probably be the controller (on the PCB) on the HDD itself.
Wisja On Wed, 13 Jun 2012 07:58:34 -0500, Chris Gebhardt - VIRTBIZ Internet wrote > Bill Hicks wrote: > > 12. Start server - HD not found. What - Wiggle IDE cable - start again - OS > > not found > > 13. Move cables, HD not found, on s9ome reboots, OS not found on others, > > changed cable, OS not found consistantly and when I run the rescue mode I > > get continous errors and then it says the it doesnt have a Linux partition > > > > So what should I conclude here, Is the server bad, is the cable bad, could > > I > > have had 2 bad HD's in a row. Could a bad cable cause it to have exihibited > > these problems? Or could it be the server? What about memory? Could a > > memory > > failure cause this? It has never crashed or rebooted in the months I have > > had it like other bad servers I have had in the past, it has never given me > > any grief other than this. > > Hi Bill, > Ouch. If it were me, and that was my box, I'd toss it in the recycling > pile right away. What you're explaining sounds like a drive controller > gone bad, and that's likely on the mobo, right? Also, you mention "IDE > cable". That tells me the server is VERY old, and therefore it > shouldn't "owe" you anything more. > > Sure, it's possible you could fix it, but I really start to wonder about > the reward for all the work you'll be doing on it. At best you end up > with an old server that you can "maybe" trust for a while. If you're > just playing around with a hobby, then perhaps that's an option. If you > have any customer data on it, I'd just skip the heartache altogether. > Replace that physical server with a VPS somewhere, or if all of your > servers are of similar/same spec, then you might consider dropping a > couple/few hundred dollars on a system that you could replace all your > boxes with and virtualize everything. > > But that's another decision... what you have immediately asked about, > well, it's probably just a sign of age. Capacitors breaking down, > soldering-points failing, or other failure. The fact that it's > intermittent is ugly in itself. It's unlikely to be RAM. Do yourself a > favor and scrap that hardware. > > -- > Chris Gebhardt > VIRTBIZ Internet Services > Access, Web Hosting, Colocation, Dedicated > www.virtbiz.com | toll-free (866) 4 VIRTBIZ > _______________________________________________ > Blueonyx mailing list > Blueonyx@mail.blueonyx.it > http://mail.blueonyx.it/mailman/listinfo/blueonyx _______________________________________________ Blueonyx mailing list Blueonyx@mail.blueonyx.it http://mail.blueonyx.it/mailman/listinfo/blueonyx