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SSD socket durability?

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jkauff

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I've got an unused SSD sitting around, and I'm thinking about installing Win 8 on it. Problem is, I'm out of SATA ports and I'd want the SSD on one of the Intel connections anyway. I don't want to dual-boot for a number of reasons.

So I'm thinking when I want to play around with Win 8, I could just unplug my Win 7 SSD and plug in the Win 8 one. My question is, are the ports durable enough handle this if I only swap them out once or twice a week? I'm talking SATA connection only, I can leave both drives powered up all the time.
 
As long as you are properly connecting/disconnecting the cable, it's fine. If you're tugging on it at an angle you might bend or break the connector, but thats applicable regardless of if its one removal or a thousand.
 
I connect-disconnect SSDs on a daily basis since secure erasing requires a power cycle and so far I haven't been able to break anything.
 
Thanks, guys. It bugged me to have a perfectly good SSD sitting unused. Now I just have to wait for a deal on an OEM Win 8.
 
I broke an SATA cable clip when installing my SSD (just on the cable, not on mobo, so no biggy). But I did some googling and, apparently, it happens a lot more often than you think.

Somewhere someone brought up a stat saying that SATA connectors are only designed for ~50 removals, whereas eSATAs are into the thousands. Maybe it's all bullshit, but considering how flimsy those things are, I wouldn't be so sure to dismiss it so quickly.
 
You can leave both plugged and manage which one is 'visible' to your PC within your BIOS, if your BIOS allows you. A co-worker here does that. On her machine the BIOS calls it SATA port enable/disable for each drive. On my machine, I just change the BIOS boot order. You can try both. Best of luck.
 
Imp said:
I broke an SATA cable clip when installing my SSD (just on the cable, not on mobo, so no biggy). But I did some googling and, apparently, it happens a lot more often than you think.

Somewhere someone brought up a stat saying that SATA connectors are only designed for ~50 removals, whereas eSATAs are into the thousands. Maybe it's all bullshit, but considering how flimsy those things are, I wouldn't be so sure to dismiss it so quickly.
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Ironically it is a broken eSATA cable I have sitting on my desk atm. I've never broken a regular SATA cable end.
 
razel said:
You can leave both plugged and manage which one is 'visible' to your PC within your BIOS, if your BIOS allows you. A co-worker here does that. On her machine the BIOS calls it SATA port enable/disable for each drive. On my machine, I just change the BIOS boot order. You can try both. Best of luck.
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That's the way I'd go if I had another SATA port, but I'm maxed out and I don't want to use an adapter card.
 
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