Sata cables...

[silicon]

I have run into a few dud sata cables over the years but my question is this....Can a sata cable be just bad enough to really slow down data transfer but not be the obvious problem?😀

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

No, the cable either works or it doesn't.

 

[Cerb]

No. PATA could do that, with different types and lengths, but a functional 1.5Gbps SATA cable will be a functional 6Gbps SATA cable.

When putting my PC together, I destroyed a SATA cable connector. Some are made really poorly.

 

[Ken g6]

I think it's possible with a cable that's noisy enough to require lots of retries. But it's a rare situation - a bump would probably knock it over into either working much better or not working at all.

 

[inachu]

I have run into a few bad sata connectors and so far on average those that failed were super bent in an effort to make sure air flow in the case it optimum by using twistie ties to bend itself as sharply as possible.

I call that cabling abuse and should never be done.

 

[mfenn]

I think it's possible with a cable that's noisy enough to require lots of retries. But it's a rare situation - a bump would probably knock it over into either working much better or not working at all.

Agree. A bad cable (or more likely a poor seating) can cause bus resets which will give the appearance of slow performance. Performance will be really terrible though, like 1% of what it should be.

 

[JackMDS]

Unlike IDE the SATA cables per-se do not suffer from noise,

SATA cables problem come from poor grip at Cable's plugs.

Cables like these with a metal spring that hold the connection firmly are better then the flimsy loose plastic.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KCS91GY?psc=1 (click on few of the little pics at the left).


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