On 2/5/2015 3:45 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > I usually prowl thru Jims supply (he's the IT manager) at the tv station, > snarfing the black or sorta tan cables. He uses enough drives that usually > come with cables in a year to more than keep me in fresh cables. > > But I have not had a problem with the 3 I've put in that weren't that "hot > red", 2 black ones and a tan one. I like the black ones really well as they > have a tin locking latch that keeps them plugged in solid when in you are > wrestling around with cables to replace a duff dvd writer.
What someone needs to make is repair pieces for broken SATA data and power connectors on drives, especially for the data one. The little plastic tab can break off, leaving the contacts. Make a plastic piece that fits in like a cable end, latching into the same place the cables do. Apply super glue before installing. Instead of plain plastic backing the original contacts, have metal contacts there. The next part is a clamp/cover that permanently snaps on. The rest of the fixing component extends back farther, with a SATA connector to put the cable onto. The repair would be permanent, DIY installable and much cheaper than sending the drive in to have a new power and data connector block installed. As of yet I've only encountered one broken SATA data connector, in a Dell small form factor PC. Looks like it had to have been done at Dell, the assembler most likely banged the 90 degree cable into some other part while installing the drive. When I took it out, the broken off plastic tab stayed in the cable end. It's a 250 gig drive I was going to use to replace a smaller drive in another computer. I did some searching and found many other people wondering if there's a way to fix these broken connectors. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming. The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
