Question re sata cables

[gene heskett]

On Wednesday, October 06, 2010 01:34:36 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 10:23:12 PM
> > Subject: Re: Question re sata cables
> > 
> > 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 was particularly thinking SATA I or SATA II.
> 
> - ken

The mobo manual says "Serial ATA II 3.0 Gb/s" for both the 6 NVIDIA 570 
sockets, and for the JMicron Raid controller's 2 sockets which is not being 
used.  So I could attach as many as 8 drives, currently 6 but one is a 
FreeAgent Go on a usb cable.  And I just found the last 6 usb sockets, it 
has 10 total.  That may help reduce the proliferation of hubs a bit, it 
will not reliably detect whats on the third hub out.  My usb suffers from a 
bad case of urban sprawl, going clear to the basement, but that's another 
problem and subject for another message when I find that famous round tuit.  
I might even have to make those. ;-)

Thanks Ken.

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