Old And New Sata Cables

Sata cables fall out.

Old and new sata cables.

Just get a squeeze tube of clear silicone ge silicone ii apply a dab to an ice cream stick and then cover the connector at the joint. This cable is a mixture of old and new technologies. Sata cables can be a total life saver when something catastrophic happens. Still suffering from the old pata 40 vs 80 wire cable syndrome i asked myself the same question regarding sata cables and could find nothing in the repair manuals or mother board books so i just used the old asus sata cables for the new hard drive with only the best results.

Both ends are flat and thin with one often made at a 90 degree angle for better cable management. Thanks for all the work and the reassurance. After using the cables to install an ssd drive in both new and old cpu setups the data speed increased significantly improving the overall performance of the computer s interface and data transmission. One end plugs into a port on the motherboard usually labeled sata and the other such as the angled end into the back of a storage device like a sata hard drive.

Benfei sata cable iii 3 pack sata cable iii 6gbps straight hdd sdd data cable with locking latch 18 inch compatible for sata hdd ssd cd driver cd writer black 4 8 out of 5 stars 1 957 6 99 6. Sata cables are long 7 pin cables. This is where many of the adapters you find out there fall short. The latest revision to the sata standard is sata 3 3 and drives and cables are backwards compatible with older versions.

The model we like is the sabrent usb 3 0 to sata ide adapter 23. On desktops you ll want to make sure that the drive you re buying is as fast or faster than the connection that your motherboard accepts most motherboard sata connections from the last five years have at least 3 0. Cable matters 3 pack sata cable 90 degree right angle view on amazon. Sata was announced in 2000 in order to provide several advantages over the earlier pata interface such as reduced cable size and cost seven conductors instead of 40 or 80 native hot swapping faster data transfer through higher signaling rates and more efficient transfer through an optional i o queuing protocol.

They provide a cable but you re expected to provide the power via an old psu or something. Revision 1 0 of the specification was released in january 2003. The usb 2 0 portion looks like the familiar micro usb connection. It s reliable speedy and comes with its own molex transformer so you can power the drives.

Had an experience with an a bit motherboard where the cable kept falling out of the sata 1 header.