Could dust in a single power connector fuck everything?

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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Serious Hardware/Software Crap > Haus of Tech Support > Could dust in a single power connector fuck everything?

ArgumentatumE.C.T.: Nov 5, 2016; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

See title. I live in dust and dog hair. I installed a new hard drive and goddamn everything is crawling now. Could a dusty connector make everything poo poo or should I be more worried about the hard drive?

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No, you should find and fix the actual problem.

# ? Jun 2, 2017 23:25

ArgumentatumE.C.T.: Nov 5, 2016; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

I think I found it, the sata cable for the C drive SSD was coming loose. My floor and computer shelf kinda wiggle already and putting in the new drive must have knocked it loose enough to act funny. It's a miracle any of my poo poo works at all. Thanks for your help.

I apologize for completely ignoring the format guide. The actual problem is that I'm stupid

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