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SYSV Fanfic
Sep 9, 2003

by Pragmatica
Nuke the drives. Download something that wipes them completely. Your bios may have a utility for a low level format. If you know linux you can dd /dev/null into the device name (/dev/sda not /dev/sda1). Reset your bios to defaults.

Dunno if it will fix it, but it certainly wouldn't hurt to try. Stability under linux can be.. spotty anyways.

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SYSV Fanfic
Sep 9, 2003

by Pragmatica

Generic Monk posted:

Removed the GPU and used onboard graphics; same poo poo. Removed soundcard; same poo poo also. I'm going to try using a different SATA cable/connector on the motherboard; there might be something in that. At least, I don't think that it's shat itself during the boot-from-usb portion of the installer. Come to think of it I used the same connector for both SSDs, if there's anything that's the weak link (that's not some nebulous motherboard malfunction) it could be that I guess?
Did the cables work?

When you installed on the second sdd, were the hdds connected?

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