Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 19:36:07 -0700 (PDT) From: "N. Harrington" <drumslayer2@yahoo.com> To: jdow <jdow@earthlink.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SATA Cables Suck! Message-ID: <20060802023608.12812.qmail@web34514.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <034901c6b5ce$f05a2d90$0225a8c0@Wednesday>
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--- 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? > {^_^} Well, according to all this, my nice new 3-ware 9550SX SATA II card has SATA I connectors and came with SATA I cables. That seems, well, disapointing and odd. Nicole The Large Print Giveth And The Small Print Taketh Away -- Anon __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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