| quote | Originally posted by Monkeyman: What was the problem, you ask? A bad...bloody...cable. (Sometimes, I'm surprised I made it this long in life. I feel like such an idiot right now although that feeling will go away.) I'll bet my old SODD (Stupid Optical Disk Drive) is just fine. Oh, well. At least I have a spare for next time. |
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SATA cables have a long history of problems.
1 big problem is Many cables are cheapest as possible and ends fail w/o warning and no-one touching them to break them.
First thing is switch cables anytime BIOS and OS can't see a drive.
Even when drives have power but won't spin. Drives should spin w/ power on but many can be set to not spin until bus reset etc. IOW Bad data cables can fake a bad drive.
Next Many think a cable for SATA 1 = SATA 2 = SATA 3 etc and Worse believe claims Tom's, YT, etc saying no difference. Testing is not simple as Ohm/continuity test.
While you don't need to spend a fortune for "best cables..."
SATA 1-2 cables on SATA 3 ports and drives can cause a lot of data errors and slow the system.
Many SATA 3 and up cables have better shielding etc and won't see that in basic tests.
So Make sure you have SATA 3 600mbs cables on SATA 3 ports. Most are labeled in the package and cable ends.
(SATA 3 cables will for older ports too. Better cable shields may help them.)
Is similar to have wrong network and current TV cables...
Example: Many building have old TV cable but causes a lot of problems because of poor shielding and too thin handle signal for STB and DOCSIS 3/3.1 Cable modems.
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