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SATA drive connection
I know its a silly question but the nearest computer store is 2 hours away.
could/would someone kindly look at the SATA pins where the SATA connector goes and tell me if the pins are all the same lenght or are some shorter than others?? I was working on cleaning up the wire mess inside when I accidentally knocked of the SATA connector from the drive.When I attempted to reconnect I noticed it was harder than before and upon inspection saw some pins were shorter than others....so did I damage the connection?? The connection seems really touchy from that point on.To be on the safe side I ordered another SATA drive with a more secure connection..should be here next week. thanks in advance peter |
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could/would someone kindly look at the SATA pins where the SATA connector goes
and tell me if the pins are all the same lenght or are some shorter than others?? They are designed so that some pins are longer than others - the ground wires (and possibly power as well, but I don't know). This is just like USB - so that you can hot-plug a SATA device. I haven't tried it yet (don't want to risk killing a 200 gig Seagate), but hot-plugging was designed into the SATA interface right from the start. Also from what I've seen, SATA connectors aren't held in as strongly as I would like - they seem to always be a couple of degrees away from flat. It's quite easy to knock a SATA plug out, but since it was designed to be that way, there's no cause to worry. If you knocked a standard IDE/ATA cable out, then that's a whole different story... |
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Thanks for the reply.
I still ordered a new Western Digital.......with the newer more secure connection cable thats supposed to fit the older drives as well. thanks again (sigh of relief) peter "BananaOfTheNight" wrote in message ... could/would someone kindly look at the SATA pins where the SATA connector goes and tell me if the pins are all the same lenght or are some shorter than others?? They are designed so that some pins are longer than others - the ground wires (and possibly power as well, but I don't know). This is just like USB - so that you can hot-plug a SATA device. I haven't tried it yet (don't want to risk killing a 200 gig Seagate), but hot-plugging was designed into the SATA interface right from the start. Also from what I've seen, SATA connectors aren't held in as strongly as I would like - they seem to always be a couple of degrees away from flat. It's quite easy to knock a SATA plug out, but since it was designed to be that way, there's no cause to worry. If you knocked a standard IDE/ATA cable out, then that's a whole different story... |
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"peter" wrote in
news:WieNd.1882$K54.1023@edtnps84: Thanks for the reply. I still ordered a new Western Digital.......with the newer more secure connection cable thats supposed to fit the older drives as well. I bought two of these cables, only to find out that this cable completely blocks the SATA power connector of the drive. I.e. you can only use the special Western Digital SATA cable if you are using a molex connector to power the drive. For me, this was not possible, as I have a new power supply with lots of SATA power connectors and fewer molex connectors... I had to ditch the special Western Digital cables and use the standard ones that came with my A8N-SLI instead... |
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Thanks for the warning........but they already have been ordered and
shipped(we're quick up here in the Great White North) If I run into that same problem I will be returning them.The WD website makes no mention of the fact that you need to use the molex power connectors with these. peter "fsda" wrote in message ... "peter" wrote in news:WieNd.1882$K54.1023@edtnps84: Thanks for the reply. I still ordered a new Western Digital.......with the newer more secure connection cable thats supposed to fit the older drives as well. I bought two of these cables, only to find out that this cable completely blocks the SATA power connector of the drive. I.e. you can only use the special Western Digital SATA cable if you are using a molex connector to power the drive. For me, this was not possible, as I have a new power supply with lots of SATA power connectors and fewer molex connectors... I had to ditch the special Western Digital cables and use the standard ones that came with my A8N-SLI instead... |
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Correction...........I went back to WD website and looked into it more
closely......pictures show the connector covering the SATA power connection. I guess I'll be sending them back peter "peter" wrote in message news:ncwNd.10312$gA4.9915@edtnps89... Thanks for the warning........but they already have been ordered and shipped(we're quick up here in the Great White North) If I run into that same problem I will be returning them.The WD website makes no mention of the fact that you need to use the molex power connectors with these. peter "fsda" wrote in message ... "peter" wrote in news:WieNd.1882$K54.1023@edtnps84: Thanks for the reply. I still ordered a new Western Digital.......with the newer more secure connection cable thats supposed to fit the older drives as well. I bought two of these cables, only to find out that this cable completely blocks the SATA power connector of the drive. I.e. you can only use the special Western Digital SATA cable if you are using a molex connector to power the drive. For me, this was not possible, as I have a new power supply with lots of SATA power connectors and fewer molex connectors... I had to ditch the special Western Digital cables and use the standard ones that came with my A8N-SLI instead... |
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