I'd definitely recommend a bios update, and also check for any controller firmware updates.
Bodsda Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device -----Original Message----- From: Barry Drake <bdr...@crosswire.org> Sender: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 17:03:42 To: UK Ubuntu Talk<ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com> Reply-To: bdr...@crosswire.org, UK Ubuntu Talk <ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] SATA drive problem ..... On Fri, 2011-03-18 at 12:40 +0000, Matthew Daubney wrote: > I'd check if there's an update for the BIOS, I've seen various > drives/chipset configurations have weird issues over time :) Thanks. There is an update. But rather than risk frying my wife's motherboard, I've taken the easy way out for now and popped an IDE drive in to do backups. It's barely big enough, so I'll probably look out for a bigger IDE drive and be done with it. Regards, Barry. -- Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. http://ubuntuadverts.org/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/