Quote Originally Posted by aln688 View Post
What I wonder about is, how is a new SATA card going to help? You think the ICH9R damaged the drive somehow? I would think it's electrical, maybe the PSU, that's more likely than the drive controller damaging it. My old Raptor had a five year warranty, does yours have the same? I'd send it to WD and see what they say. Just an idea.
Yes, they are both being sent out with expedited replacement. I can't see it being the powersupply since they were still operating but generating errors until one finally collapsed. The other Velicoraptor that works has always been connected to the same powersupply so the only conclusion could be the motherboard IC9 for those particular ports?.

Don't know but will soon find out with these drives installed and running. I will test them thoroughly to see what happens in the next few days.

Thanks.