Re: Broken SATA connector

On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 22:46:48 +0800, spodosaurus wrote:

PeterC wrote:
On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 11:53:22 +0800, spodosaurus wrote:

PeterC wrote:
On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:48:22 -0400, "Blattus Slafaly ? (3) ¼ :)" wrote:

On an SATA HDD I've had a power connector split at both ends; this has
taken the pressure off of the contacts. The power wires aren't the most
flexible, so when the HDD is slid in to it bay there is some force on the
connector - even though the wires can be bent a bit first.
Connect it AFTER you slide it into the bay. You are supposed to mount
the hardware BEFORE connecting it up.
um, not possible. The bays are across the case and when the HDD is in
Antec case?

Yes - how did you guess? ;-)

For drives other than the main one (I connect them up only for cloning -
the USB link isn't always successful) I might get some adapters for the
front bays.

I learned that about some of their cases after acquiring a cast off
system in an Antec case. When I read your comment about the sata cable
and the drive mounting I looked through the window in this case and
noticed the sata cables bending :)

Yes, they do and they're really too stiff for small connectors. Good
flexible silicone rubber insulated wires would be much better. The 'old'
[generic] Molex connectors are more suitable.

there's not a lot of clearance and it's not possible to see the connectors.
Also, my hands are, well, like feet - I can guide the leads in for 1 HDD
but then barely get to a second. Be easier if the HDDs were along the case
same as the FDD and optical drive.




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It's not rocket science, you know.
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