SATA drives ... anyone else had problems with data corruption?

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I have an EIDE drive on its way out, i am looking at getting a SATA replacement, but the last time i had a SATA drive i had nothing but trouble, data corruption etc, and it was a nightmare (the system was at stock and not overclocked) has anyone else heard of this? i dont want to buy into old technology and i know i should get a SATA drive, i just dont want any hassle that might go with it

ta
 
I think you will be safe with SATA these days. I don't think they're especially prone to corruption. Perhaps your problem was due to dodgy memory or an iffy SATA connector/controller.

SiriusB
 
Last I heard of that was when NF2 was new but on rev 2 also and early Silicon Image sata bioses (3112 not sure on 3114 controlers same but 4 channels instead of 2) messed up esp if you overclocked FSB, this was fixed by new sata bioses long ago.

Cant say i ever seen corruption but read enough in forums to know many did, but again most peeps were overclocking FSB, and I never read any more problems once new sata bioses came out.

The early Silicon Sata Raid drivers didnt even let you run udma mode 6, I was in mode 5 for many many months, its only last 2 or 3 drivers for Sil 3112 that bumped it upto proper udma6.
 
Data corruption on SATA comes from either an overclocked FSB or a dodgy SATA cable (most likely). SATA is now at a point where it's considered stable so I'd say if you are going to get a new drive then I'd go for SATA.
 
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