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Originally posted by Ziroc:
Went to clean the PC inside, and I have those ribbons (IDE) and twist and bend them, (Gonna get rope ones soon) but afterwards, I was getting hard locks after a bit.. and slight clicking (It's C: drive too)
Anyway, I replaced the IDE Ribbon, and so far, 2 hrs later, no problems....
The old ribbon DID look pretty bad.. [img]smile.gif[/img]
Ever happen to you?
Either way, I STILL backed up every file just in case. (It's the 160gig drive I bought last March, so it SHOULD be ok. (Seagate--never ever had one die)
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I work for a company that builds computers. I've seen several new machines fail initial burn-in because of that IDE ribbon cable. Also saw problems imaging new drives that disappeared just by replacing the cable. FWIW, I haven't seen any fail using the rope style yet.