[H] SATA connector destroyed?

[Anthony Q. Martin]

I was inside my PC last night....went to reconnect the optical 
drives...noticed that one of the indexed sata power connector was 
broken..the short part of the "L" was broken off...could barely get the 
power connector to hold...even worse for the data cable.  After I got it 
all back together, the power to the drive is there, but I can't see the 
drive, so obviously the data connector is hosed since the cable won't 
grip.  Anyone ever see this before?  Are SATA connectors robust? I have 
my doubts.  This is a blu-ray reader / DVD writer, so it's nearly $100 
to replace....