Hate SATA hard drives

[Karl F. Larsen]

Colin Law wrote:
> 2009/8/31 Robert Holtzman <holtzm at cox.net>:
>> On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 05:06:08AM -0600, Karl F. Larsen wrote:
>>> Â  Â  Â  Yes! The data socket on a SATA hard drive is a simple printed wiring
>>> board socket. The plug on the motherboard is a special made plug that is
>>> not good.
>> I read the last sentence to mean it's not good to have a "special made"
>> plug on the mb. Really Karl. sometimes you're hard to follow.
>>
> 
> I think he may have meant that it is a specially designed plug and it
> is not a good design (or well manufactured?)
> 
> Colin
> 

	Yes, and the new SATA cables have spring clips on them in an effort to 
keep them centered on the sockets. This tells me the manufacturer of the 
SATA cables and hard drives are worried about trouble, as they should be.

73 Karl


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