*sighs* poxy motherboard. socket1366

kaimera

Been a while since I posted.

Last time was when i build my d0 i7-920 rig i think!

Anyway, had a few upgrades to it over the past few years.

****ed out the msi mobo after a bios upgrade borked the board.

On a asus p6t now.

In the last few months I've had a ram slot go - checked out the sticks and only the slot is dodgy ie. ram doesn't show in bios (cpu-z shows full amount)

And now lately, my sata3 & sata4 ports keep dropping ie. the hdds connected sometimes appear online but more often than not they arent showing as connected.

I pulled the pc apart and checked the connections and i can literally tug the cable and the sata connectors come loose from the mobo

They don't seem to click into place and I tried a different cable and different slots but 3 & 4 dont click.

I kinda need them. lol. 2 * 1.5tb drives.

I thought it was the drives dying but defo the mobo at this stage.

Problem is, 1366 are hard to come by and expensive.

but if i go to upgrade, i need a cpu/mobo/ram and if I'm doing that, I might want a new ssd (intel g2 atm) and a new gpu (570gtx) & i game at 2560x1600)

so fine peeps of B&U, any ideas on the sata problem?

game4it70

You can get Pci or Pci-e to sata controller cards.
Like this for instance http://www.amazon.co.uk/Syba-Port-SATA-PCI-Express-Controller/dp/B000GGTIKG/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1371162007&sr=8-5&keywords=pci+express+sata+controller


I had a P6T and i swear it was possessed with the amount issues with it.

kaimera

sound as a pound.

purchased a 4 port one on dabs. Should do the job nicely. Saves me upgrading just yet!