Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 20:24:03 -0500 From: "Nikolas Britton" <nikolas.britton@gmail.com> To: jdow <jdow@earthlink.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SATA Cables Suck! Message-ID: <ef10de9a0608011824k767a5bfcx1fdf40fbedd4ae8b@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <034901c6b5ce$f05a2d90$0225a8c0@Wednesday> References: <ef10de9a0608011723y770687f7me0b4cacd176fe4d1@mail.gmail.com> <034901c6b5ce$f05a2d90$0225a8c0@Wednesday>
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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/
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