YEs the best option is to buy new cable and to try it.
Im scared that  the motherboard might have the second channel damaged.

I might go for a mobo damage , 4 months ago i had this cable running with my old PC
for almost 4 years and i didnt had a single problem.....
And this new old setup was never used with second SATA , and its working also many years.
Its a strange asus board(p5vd2-mx) with jmicron raid , but i don't use it. heh and win7 uncompatible.
When i put it on , the OS became very slow and choppy , apart that it has resources to run it smooth.

EDIT : ANSWER TO MYSELF , BIOS UPDATE WAS WRONG , THE NEWEST BIOS FROM THE MANUFACTURER SITE IS Spoon LOAD.

(This post was last modified: 27/03/2012 09:37 AM by gsmoke.)