[H] ESATA cables

[Winterlight]

I have one ESATA device. It is a 2TB Fantom external hard drive that 
supports both USB2, and ESATA. It has an Hitachi drive in an 
aluminium enclosure that vents at both ends. I put a case fan in 
front of it that blows air through it, and in the three years I have 
run it 24/7  it has never given me any problem. But the ESATA cables 
don't seem to last. I have had two cable failures and I am just about 
to order my third ESATA cable from Monoprice. It is odd.. the cable 
just stops working and windows doesn't see the drive. Fortunately, I 
can plug in the USB 2 cable to verify the drive is OK, and continue 
to use it until I replace the ESATA cable. The ESATA cable is only 3 
feet long and sits in a fixed location. Nothing is ever moved around 
so it just surprises me that the cable keeps failing. Any body else 
experience this?

Merlin