Re: red SATA cables "notoriously bad"?

2024-02-20 Thread gene heskett
On 2/20/24 04:29, David Christensen wrote: On 2/19/24 18:07, Felix Miata wrote: My experience with that particular color cables matches Gene's. Cut one open, and out comes a powdery substance instead of clean copper strands. I think most for gen 1.0 SATA 2 decades ago, so there shouldn't be

Re: red SATA cables "notoriously bad"? (Was Re: Orphaned Inode Problem)

2024-02-20 Thread Eike Lantzsch ZP5CGE / KY4PZ
On Dienstag, 20. Februar 2024 06:58:31 -03 Eike Lantzsch ZP5CGE / KY4PZ wrote: > On Montag, 19. Februar 2024 21:48:52 -03 Andy Smith wrote: > > Hi, > > > > On Mon, Feb 19, 2024 at 04:12:44PM -0300, Eike Lantzsch ZP5CGE / > > KY4PZ > wrote: > > > The notorious red SATA cables - I threw them out

Re: red SATA cables "notoriously bad"? (Was Re: Orphaned Inode Problem)

2024-02-20 Thread Eike Lantzsch ZP5CGE / KY4PZ
On Montag, 19. Februar 2024 21:48:52 -03 Andy Smith wrote: > Hi, > > On Mon, Feb 19, 2024 at 04:12:44PM -0300, Eike Lantzsch ZP5CGE / KY4PZ wrote: > > The notorious red SATA cables - I threw them out long ago. The red > > pigment eats up the fine copper threads, changing the impedance of > > the

Re: red SATA cables "notoriously bad"?

2024-02-20 Thread David Christensen
On 2/19/24 18:07, Felix Miata wrote: My experience with that particular color cables matches Gene's. Cut one open, and out comes a powdery substance instead of clean copper strands. I think most for gen 1.0 SATA 2 decades ago, so there shouldn't be many still around bogging down 3.0 drives.

Re: red SATA cables "notoriously bad"?

2024-02-19 Thread gene heskett
On 2/19/24 22:15, Andy Smith wrote: Hi, On Mon, Feb 19, 2024 at 10:06:23PM -0500, gene heskett wrote: Andy, look at that CET after my name in the sig, that stands for Certified Electronics Tachnician. There isn't a polite way to say this really but unfortunately I am unable to take you

Re: red SATA cables "notoriously bad"? (Was Re: Orphaned Inode Problem)

2024-02-19 Thread jeremy ardley
On 20/2/24 08:48, Andy Smith wrote: Hi, On Mon, Feb 19, 2024 at 04:12:44PM -0300, Eike Lantzsch ZP5CGE / KY4PZ wrote: The notorious red SATA cables - I threw them out long ago. The red pigment eats up the fine copper threads, changing the impedance of the cable and eventually making false

Re: red SATA cables "notoriously bad"?

2024-02-19 Thread Andy Smith
Hi, On Mon, Feb 19, 2024 at 10:06:23PM -0500, gene heskett wrote: > Andy, look at that CET after my name in the sig, that stands for Certified > Electronics Tachnician. There isn't a polite way to say this really but unfortunately I am unable to take you seriously as you've posted so many

Re: red SATA cables "notoriously bad"?

2024-02-19 Thread gene heskett
On 2/19/24 20:29, Andy Smith wrote: Hello, On Mon, Feb 19, 2024 at 08:16:49PM -0500, Felix Miata wrote: I've never heard of this. I did a bit of searching around and all I can find is assertions that cable colour doesn't matter for SATA. I can't seem to find anything about red pigment damaging

Re: red SATA cables "notoriously bad"? (Was Re: Orphaned Inode Problem)

2024-02-19 Thread gene heskett
On 2/19/24 19:49, Andy Smith wrote: Hi, On Mon, Feb 19, 2024 at 04:12:44PM -0300, Eike Lantzsch ZP5CGE / KY4PZ wrote: The notorious red SATA cables - I threw them out long ago. The red pigment eats up the fine copper threads, changing the impedance of the cable and eventually making false

Re: red SATA cables "notoriously bad"?

2024-02-19 Thread Felix Miata
Andy Smith composed on 2024-02-20 01:29 (UTC): > On Mon, Feb 19, 2024 at 08:16:49PM -0500, Felix Miata wrote: >>> I've never heard of this. I did a bit of searching around and all I >>> can find is assertions that cable colour doesn't matter for SATA. I >>> can't seem to find anything about red

Re: red SATA cables "notoriously bad"?

2024-02-19 Thread Andy Smith
Hello, On Mon, Feb 19, 2024 at 08:16:49PM -0500, Felix Miata wrote: > > I've never heard of this. I did a bit of searching around and all I > > can find is assertions that cable colour doesn't matter for SATA. I > > can't seem to find anything about red pigment damaging the copper. > > Have you

Re: red SATA cables "notoriously bad"?

2024-02-19 Thread Felix Miata
Andy Smith composed on 2024-02-20 00:48 (UTC): > On Mon, Feb 19, 2024 at 04:12:44PM -0300, Eike Lantzsch ZP5CGE / KY4PZ wrote: >> The notorious red SATA cables - I threw them out long ago. The red >> pigment eats up the fine copper threads, changing the impedance of the >> cable and eventually