SATA Cables Suck!

hackmiester (Hunter Fuller) hackmiester at hackmiester.com
Wed Aug 2 01:36:25 UTC 2006


Hrm. SATA cables suck. I just got a new macbook - its power connector  
sucks itself right into the socket when it's close to it. If SATA  
cables sucked, this wouldn't be an issue.
On 1 August 2006, at 20:24, Nikolas Britton wrote:

> 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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