If you expect to leave it "in the wild" for years of reliable service ?
You may consider "tying down" the SATA-cable. In most radio shacks and parts stores you can get the old 10-pin flat-cable crimp-style plugs with a latch. You can then put the plug on the USB-header ( for a reasonably good grip - easy to remove ) and use the latch ( not the crimp part with the spiky things ) to tie down the SATA on the USB header - jmc wrote: > --- 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 > > > > -- Lars Angus Lyons I can, at your discretion, be contacted by the following means : Cell : +45 2544 6344 Work : +45 7241 4344 Private : +45 4750 4909 ICQ# : 2094511 YahooID : angus_lyons MSN : [EMAIL PROTECTED] The early bird may catch the worm, but it's the second mouse who gets the cheese. /angus -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GAT/CS d- s+ a? C++(++++) UB+++ P- L- E--- W++ N+ o K w---- O++@ M-- V-(--) P++ PE+ Y+ PGP++ t+ 5- X-- R tv- b++ DI++++ D--- G+ e* h---- r+++ y+++ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
