SATA cable shielding?

[BespinReactorShaft]

Hi ppl

I'm thinking of buying a WD 250GB SATA as secondary to my WD 200 GB PATA. But the article below has given my quite a bit of F.U.D.:

http://www.ata-atapi.com/sata.htm

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I've looked around here and see only happy users of Raptors. Has SATA cabling improved somewhat in terms of electromagnetic interference, or is that guy just spouting hogwash?

Advice appreciated, thanks!

ming2020

 

[SocrPlyr]

you have pretty much nothing to worry about, he is mostly spouting, while there are some valid points most of them can be argued the other way and say that many of the things are unnecessary that he suggests...

on a lighter note
he just refuses to give up his beloved PATA cables because they are such a technical wonder in comparison...

basically i am just saying don't worry about it, if it was as big of a problem as he makes it out to be the standard would not have been picked... it would just be too big of a flaw...

my 2 cents...
and this has been posted many times before try a search to see others inputs on the subject...

Josh

 

[kd2777]

I think he is basless, however I do have a gripe with my cables; they keep coming unpluged!!! There is nothing to hold them in except a little bit of friction. In most cases it wouldn't be a problem, but for one of my drives it is a stretch to get it connected, so every once in a while it comes loose. Other than that they are fine, no different than PATA to me. Now if they would put both the power and the signal on the same connector I would be a fan for life.

KD




edit for my 5th grade spelling level

 

[batmanuel]

Originally posted by: kd2777
...Now if they would put both the power and the signal on the same connector I would be a fan for life.

Agreed. I wonder why they never just adapted firewire to work as a high speed internal drive cabling instead of starting over from scratch with a whole new interface?

 

[VirtualLarry]

Originally posted by: SocrPlyr
you have pretty much nothing to worry about, he is mostly spouting, while there are some valid points most of them can be argued the other way and say that many of the things are unnecessary that he suggests...

on a lighter note
he just refuses to give up his beloved PATA cables because they are such a technical wonder in comparison...

basically i am just saying don't worry about it, if it was as big of a problem as he makes it out to be the standard would not have been picked... it would just be too big of a flaw...

my 2 cents...
and this has been posted many times before try a search to see others inputs on the subject...

Josh

Actually, this isn't the first that I've heard of the issue of noise affecting the data-transfer over SATA cables. Most of the reports that I've heard have been from individual end-users of the technology. It's very interesting to see, though, that one of the people actually directly-involved with the ATA/ATAPI standards-making process is also "ranting" about the same issues.

I would give his statements a lot of weight. He knows what he is talking about (even if he can be a tad bit negative at times).

Those reasons are why I am not going to even bother with SATA-1 in my rig. I'll see what changes when SAS and SATA-2 come around. Until then, there's really nothing at all wrong with PATA, and given the SATA cable-noise problem, in fact, there's a lot more that's "right" about PATA as compared to SATA.

Thanks for posting the link, though, OP. I didn't know that SATA lacked a"device soft reset" feature, that's both good, and disturbing, to know.

 

[Zepper]

Unfortunately most cables on the ATA side of things are VERY cheaply made. Even though AMP, 3M/Spectra, Belden, Molex/Waldom et al. are involved in creating the design specs for the cabling and connectors, you almost never find cables built with those top brands out in the market.
. If you want top quality, you have to move into the SCSI realm and PAY for it... You may be able to find some superior ATA cables from places like Granite or Monster, but often they are just overpriced show pieces. Check the specialist sites like Hypermicro.com etc. for other possibilities.
.bh.

 

[BespinReactorShaft]

Looks like a grey area pretty much. All the advice about not putting SATA cables close to other cables etc. are very quickly discouraging me. What's worse, though, is the possibility that I could actually get CORRUPTED data on my HDD. If that is indeed the case, I'm cancelling my order right away. (and likely opt for a DVD burner instead 😛)