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The point is that I replaced the cable several times but STILL I got my problem. Also, I'm wondering, if it really was a cable, how comes in SafeMode still works fine? :/
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Good Question. Perhaps it has to do with data tranfer rate ? I'm weak on this, but I do know that IDE drives are catagorized in terms of "DMA", "UDMA", ATA100, etc...
Maybe it's only supposed to run slow in Safe Mode.
Here's an idea. Do you have an 80-conductor cable and not a 40 ? The 80 has real thin conductors compared to the thick 40 ones. Many people use the wrong kind of cable, and perhaps this is what happens.
I'd also be looking at several things. Jumpers on the device and placement on the cable. Also think about trying another IDE plug on the Motherboard. Maybe the board has a bad one. I've seen this once, where one IDE channel was bad, so I had to run both the HD and the CD-RW off the same one, on the same cable.
Switch the device around on the cable, and change the jumpers appropriately. If you are using "Cable Select", try a "Master" or "Slave" configuration, or the other way around. Whatever you are doing, try something different.
The other thing to keep in mind is that if the Error Message suggests a bad cable, you are going to feel really, really stupid if after hours of looking at other causes, it turns out the cable was bad after all. Make sure it is firmly seated, too. Look for bent/broken pins on both the device & the M/B.
Also, maybe Power ? Is your PS adequate for the load you've go on it ?
Good luck and don't give up. Sleep is for the weak.
Girderman