How would I test which piece of hardware is broken: a sata to usb adapter or an internal harddrive? Sometimes, nothing is wrong at all. Other times, the harddrive keeps on disconnecting from my computer at random times, and im afraid it might destroy the platters from constantly stopping abruptly.
i dont want to have to buy another adapter/hdd to test out what is wrong. I want to buy only one object and be sure its replacing the right object
if this helps:
power cable: many, so i think that all of my power cables are fine
sata to usb cable: Newegg.com - SABRENT SATA-C35U Serial ATA (SATA) to USB 2.0 Cable Converter Adapter
harddrive: Newegg.com - Western Digital Caviar Green WD20EARS 2TB 64MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
i dont want to have to buy another adapter/hdd to test out what is wrong. I want to buy only one object and be sure its replacing the right object
if this helps:
power cable: many, so i think that all of my power cables are fine
sata to usb cable: Newegg.com - SABRENT SATA-C35U Serial ATA (SATA) to USB 2.0 Cable Converter Adapter
harddrive: Newegg.com - Western Digital Caviar Green WD20EARS 2TB 64MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
My Computer
At a glance
7 Ultimate x64, Windows 7 Enterprise x64Intel Q6600 @ 3.33 GHz, Intel i5 @ 2.53 GHzOCZ Gold 800 4GB, Some sort of RAM 4GBGeForce GT240, NVIDA NVS 3100M
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Self Built, Lenovo T410
- OS
- 7 Ultimate x64, Windows 7 Enterprise x64
- CPU
- Intel Q6600 @ 3.33 GHz, Intel i5 @ 2.53 GHz
- Motherboard
- ASUS P5Q Pro, Lenovo 2522DY1
- Memory
- OCZ Gold 800 4GB, Some sort of RAM 4GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- GeForce GT240, NVIDA NVS 3100M
- Monitor(s) Displays
- H213H
- Screen Resolution
- 1900 x 1080, 1440 x 900
- Hard Drives
- Seagate 2 Tb
Seagate 160 Gb
WD 750 Gb, HITACHI 500GB
- PSU
- ISO-450
- Case
- Sunbeam ACIII-T Transparent Clear Acrylic ATX Mid Tower
- Cooling
- Spin Q
- Mouse
- Logitec G600, Ultranav
- Other Info
- EDIMAX EW-7811Un Wireless Nano Adapter
i dont get it. i finally got seatools working, after not being able to use it every time i downloaded it before, and it shows the hdd working fine, so i guess its the cable...
