[bossep]

Is it possible that a SATA controller card can harm the disks connected to it? I am going crazy!! My third disk connected to my Sonnet Tempo Serial ATA PCI controller card has gone to hell now. When talking to Sonnet and Seritek they tell me it is not possible as the card is so simple. Can I really have such a bad luck with my Seagate disks? I had just used my last disk for a couple of weeks.

[bowwowman]

Although it is possible for the card to cause data corruption, the only way I can think of that it could fatally harm a HD is through a power surge or some other type of electrical irregularity.

Perhaps the pci slot it is plugged into is faulty, or even the sata cables....have you tried putting it in a different slot or using a new cable ?

PS: I have used several Sonnet Tempo ATA cards over the years, as well as my current Firmtek SeriTek SATA card (2yrs) with absolutely Ø problems. I have had Maxtor, Seagate and WD drives attached to them at various times notta problemo

[bossep]

Both Sonnet and Seritek is telling me the same. It is far bigger chance it is the disk. I have tried the card in different slots and swapped port used in the card. The disk is not detected when connected to one of the two ports. When rebooting to the disk that should be OSX 10.4.8 I am instead met by the welcome in a lot of different languages from Apple. All I have done is to take the disks through DW3.03 and Disk Utility.

[bowwowman]

Originally Posted by bossep 

I have tried the card in different slots and swapped port used in the card. The disk is not detected when connected to one of the two ports.

This would indicate that the card itself is faulty in some manner, but not your pci slots. Did you try a new sata cable ?