From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 2 01:05:27 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 690CA16A4DA for ; Wed, 2 Aug 2006 01:05:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@dfwlp.com) Received: from zeus.dfwlp.com (zeus.dfwlp.com [208.11.134.127]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C78743D46 for ; Wed, 2 Aug 2006 01:05:27 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@dfwlp.com) Received: from athena.dfwlp.com (athena.dfwlp.com [192.168.125.83]) (authenticated bits=0) by zeus.dfwlp.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k7215OS3031743 for ; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 20:05:24 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from freebsd@dfwlp.com) From: Jonathan Horne To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 20:05:23 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.3 References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200608012005.23994.freebsd@dfwlp.com> X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.4 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED autolearn=failed version=3.1.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on zeus.dfwlp.com Subject: Re: SATA Cables Suck! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2006 01:05:27 -0000 On Tuesday 01 August 2006 19:23, Nikolas Britton wrote: > 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. when i built my computer 2 years ago, i went for sata drives for the first time. my intial impression was "wow... is that actually going to stay connected?" jonathan