"willbill" wrote in message
Folkert Rienstra wrote:

"willbill" wrote in message

bloody SATA connectors (electrical)!

i've come across connection issues with my (admittedly limited) use
of SATA drives, both data and power, most recently power

what an aggrevation!

are others seeing this?


That's what you get if you buy drives intended for backplane use.
Buy the ones intended for desktop cases, those with regular Molex power plug.


i agree and have purchased WD SATA drives for that very reason

my Seagate Barracuda SATA drives only have the SATA power
connector.

but it goes beyond just the damn lousy power connector, it also applies
to the bloody SATA data cable/connector

It shouldn't be a problem if you harness that data cable properly.
Cables should never run loose in any case.


bill