Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 20:36:22 -0500 From: "hackmiester (Hunter Fuller)" <hackmiester@hackmiester.com> To: "Nikolas Britton" <nikolas.britton@gmail.com> Cc: jdow <jdow@earthlink.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SATA Cables Suck! Message-ID: <D669C431-BBDF-46C8-8A8B-006A4A8748DE@hackmiester.com> In-Reply-To: <ef10de9a0608011824k767a5bfcx1fdf40fbedd4ae8b@mail.gmail.com> References: <ef10de9a0608011723y770687f7me0b4cacd176fe4d1@mail.gmail.com> <034901c6b5ce$f05a2d90$0225a8c0@Wednesday> <ef10de9a0608011824k767a5bfcx1fdf40fbedd4ae8b@mail.gmail.com>
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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@earthlink.net> wrote: >> From: "Nikolas Britton" <nikolas.britton@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. > > -- > BSD Podcasts @: > http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/ > http://freebsdforall.blogspot.com/ > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- > unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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