oops - oh no I have to open up the case and check the cables!! It's
rather tight and messy in there...
How could a normal new SATA cable be funny?
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Details
Product: Windows Operating System
ID: 11
Source: Disk
Version: 5.2
Symbolic Name: IO_ERR_CONTROLLER_ERROR
Message: The driver detected a controller error on %1.

Explanation
This problem is typically caused by a failing cable that connects the
drive to the computer.

User Action
Replace the cable.
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kony wrote:
> On Sun, 12 Aug 2007 00:53:17 -0700, Cordelia <spam@spam.org>
> wrote:
>
>
>> Yes - Power management settings how does that work? There is no
>> clear consistency as to when the problem happens.
>
> It would begin happening "X" number of minutes after you had
> last accessed it. X is the number in your Power Management
> settings. If X minutes had not elapsed since you last
> accessed it, it should not then hesitate for 5 seconds until
> the next time X number of minutes had elapsed.
>
>
>> Now for example, I
>> wanted to trigger the problem. But it doesn't happen! I click on the
>> expand button in Win Explorer and it expands in a fraction of a second.
>> But other times, it takes 'an eternity' OVER 5 sec. It's more
>> mysterious than it is a serious problem.
>> I'd really like to know what;s going on.
>
> Then why didn't you check your power management settings as
> suggested and tell us if it seems a problem? That way we
> can either focus on it, or ignore it and move onto other
> possibilities.
>
>
>
>> I thought it might be related to the problem I had earlier - but maybe
>> it's just chance.
>> It's a SATA drive. My OS is now on my old Seagate SCSI drive.
>
> If it's not Power Mangement settings, see if anything turns
> up in Windows' Event Viewer.