SATA Cables Suck!

Nikolas Britton nikolas.britton at gmail.com
Wed Aug 2 01:24:06 UTC 2006


On 8/1/06, jdow <jdow at earthlink.net> wrote:
> From: "Nikolas Britton" <nikolas.britton at gmail.com>
>
> > The number one problem I've had with SATA RAIDs has been the cables! 4
> > times I've lost arrays because the cables came loose or some other
> > stupid problem with the cables.
> >
> > I need a vendor that has high quality latching SATA-II cables. Also...
> > what can we do with the old cables to fix them... super glue them
> > on?... Here's a question... Are all SATA cables rated for SATA-II?
> > I've never seen a definitive answer to this question and newegg.com
> > does not sells "SATA-II" cables... Also does the spec call for
> > shielded cables?
> >
> > frustrated, need a place to unload.... thanks.
>
> First google hit "SATA-II cable specification":
> http://www.satacable.com/
>
> Second google site hit
> http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2076134&CatId=84
>
> I've done business with Tiger Direct. They were prompt for delivery.
> Searching for things on their site was annoying, though.
>
> Adding "site:newegg" to the search gives:
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16812207001
> and
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16812162003
>
> First has a right angle connector.
>
> You were saying?
> {^_^}
>

Already looked at the Silverstone cables a few days ago, too many bad
reviews about the cables snapping in two. Do you have any of these
Silverstone cables... can you comment on the quality? thanks.

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