Realtek 8111e vs. Precise

[Basil Chupin]

On 06/03/13 20:09, Ric Moore wrote:
> On 03/05/2013 11:46 AM, MR wrote:
>> On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 1:30 AM, Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com> 
>> wrote:
>> :
>>>
>>> Have you tried the live cd yet?  That may tell you whether it is
>>> something that has got messed up since you initially installed.  Also
>>> you said this started happening after you made some hardware changes.
>>> Have you tried disconnecting the extra devices?
>>>
>>
>> Live CD also fails.
>>
>> The "extra devices" were a replacement DVD writer and a replacement
>> hard disk.  I can't imagine how those could cause this, but I'll try
>> disconnecting the DVD drive later when I have some time (the disk has
>> /home on it and "can't" be disconnected - sort of - I know, it can,
>> but it's a pain I'd rather forgo.)
>
> If these are SATA drives, I "think" that the CD/DVD drive has to be 
> connected to the last plug on the motherboard. You might want to 
> google or find your manual and check up on this. :) Ric

I have mine connected on SATA 0, 1 , and 2 - with 2 being the 
CDROM/DVDRW- with the remaining 3 SATA connectors free.

BC

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