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Ok so I have an x51 r2 that the hard drive died. after several attempts to fix it with a different hard drive, I keep having the same issue. somehow the hard drive gets corrupted or all partitions become unallocated. I have checked all cables involved. Is this a motherboard issue at this point? I am out of warranty by the way.
DELL-Milena M
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June 1st, 2015 09:00
You can try switching the SATA cable of the hard drive and the optical drive in the motherboard, that way we will be able to determine if there is a problem either with the cable or with the port.
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June 1st, 2015 11:00
Huh. I will admit I didn't think about that I will try this tonight. Thank you.
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June 1st, 2015 22:00
Ok. So I got into the case and I noticed one problem. The sata cable is like a combination cable that both the optical and hard drive are part of. well they share that same power. But the optical drive uses what looks like a mini version of what the hard drive is. Is there another way to test this? or do I need to just get a new cable and play trial and error?
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June 2nd, 2015 23:00
Also another thing to add. I Thought about what you were saying about the sata cables and it clicked. So I tried the ports and still the same issues.
DELL-Milena M
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June 3rd, 2015 15:00
It will be great if you could do the trial and error with some SATA and power cables. That would be the last resort before replacing the motherboard.
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June 3rd, 2015 18:00
Alight. Thank you for the info. I will give it a try when I can. Thanks again.