Re: [H] Hard drive disable?

2005-10-01 Thread joeuser
I would unplug both. Sam Franc wrote: To take a hard drive off line for a while, is there any disadvantage to just unplugging the power connector and leaving the 80 wire cable connected? Sam -- Cheers, joeuser (still looking for the 'any' key)

RE: [H] Hard drive disable?

2005-10-01 Thread Neil Davidson
> To take a hard drive off line for a while, is there any > disadvantage to just unplugging the power connector and > leaving the 80 wire cable connected? > Sam Yes. You can easily confuse a motherboard that way. I don't think you will cause any damage, but you could have boot problems, or just

Re: [H] Hard drive disable?

2005-10-01 Thread Al
Sam Franc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To take a hard drive off line for a while, is there any disadvantage to > just unplugging the power connector and leaving the 80 wire cable connected? > Sam Sam, Is it so much work to pull the ribbon cable? :) I have seen it confuse the controller, back

[H] Hard drive disable?

2005-10-01 Thread Sam Franc
To take a hard drive off line for a while, is there any disadvantage to just unplugging the power connector and leaving the 80 wire cable connected? Sam