Originally Posted by duckpuppy

Wow... I'll have to check the SATA cable. My 9750 has ALWAYS done that, from first boot out of the box. If I let it go on long enough, it will EVENTUALLY boot successfully - most of the time. I've even posted here (TWICE, even, with no help), even RMA'd the laptop back to Sager for a different problem (video hardware failure). I mentioned the booting problem in the same problem report, but when it came back only the video card was fixed. Where can I get a replacement cable of the right dimensions without going through Sager?