Question re sata cables

[gene heskett]

On Wednesday, October 06, 2010 12:08:24 am Ken Larkman did opine:

> ----- Original Message ----
> 
> > From: gene heskett <gheskett at wdtv.com>
> > To: kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> > Sent: Tue, October 5, 2010 9:48:06 PM
> > Subject: Question re sata cables
> > 
> > Greetings;
> > 
> > I have a pretty expensive ASUS M2N-SLA Deluxe motherboard, and  I am
> > having lots of log messages from the sata stuff, disconnects and 
> > reconnects/resets virtually anytime the cat walks by.  Reaching in
> > and  just touching any of the cables will fill a couple pages of the
> > messages  log.
> 
> What version of SATA?

3 Gb/s if the drive supports it.  I think 2 of them are 1.5Gb/s, the dvd 
writer and an old Hitachi Deathstar that refuses to properly upchuck like 
most of them did.

> I would spend the money and try different cables.

Cables generally come with drives, so I do have some spares.  I'll see how 
my knee feels about crawling under the desk tomorrow.  I have one that 
isn't too enthusiastic about such activities after 76 years of abuse, 
dislocating itself quite easily.  But, it also pops back in just as easy, 
and being diabetic, the pain is tolerable when it does go out.

> All cables are not created equal in quality and it may be worth the
> experiment to see what changes with the cables. If its just loose
> connections, a dab of hot glue *may* help.

Looking at the new ones I just pulled out of the plastic bag, I am not 
convinced the gold flashing on the contact wires is good for more than a 
couple of plug/unplug cycles, no color to speak of.  What a cheap connector 
those things are.
 
> -ken


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