--- Wim Vandeputte - Mailinglists only [Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 08:32:40PM +0200]: --- > > hey John, > > On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 12:18:35PM -0400, jmc wrote: > > i recently procured a net5501 to play with a bit. i have a suitable > > Hitachi SATA drive and of course the mounting kit with serial and power > > cable. > > > > i have the drive mounted on/in the bracket and the brass standoffs > > installed. the power cable is not too much of a problem, but the SATA > > cable itself --- is anyone having problems stuffing it under the > > bracket? > > Wel, it's a bit of creative origami:
thanks a lot, Wim. the pix helped a lot. i think i have something i'm happy with. my main concern initially was that the only configurations i could make work either (a) too much metal-to-cable contact or (b) too tight a bend radius that resulted in too much downward pressure on the connector. either of which i thought might be a recipe for failure in the future i ended up being most comfortable with routing the SATA cable to the outside (open end) of the CF socket. i kind of twisted it to a vertical configuration and then made it turn to the right and rest vertically right in front of the MiniPCI Connector. from there i just directed it to the exit near the 2.5" PATA connector network activity LEDs. my only remaining concern is that i'm afraid i have too tight a bend radius to keep the cable away from the PATA connectors which might rough up or even puncture the cable itself. but then again, this isn't going in a tank or off-road vehicle---i figure it should be OK, but i try to always be cognizant of bend radiuses with cables that carry data. i don't have a camera, but i will take pix in the hope i can help someone else. i may also start looking for a more flexible, perhaps rounded SATA cable with one right-angle connector to see if i can find something that works... now, off to get OpenBSD installed... thanks again, --john _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
