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Are all SATA cables the same?
I know there are SATA2 and SATA3 SSD drives. Are the cables
different? -- Stephanie: What did you do today? Leonard Hofstadter: Well, I'm a physicist, so I just thought about stuff. Stephanie: That's it? Leonard Hofstadter: I wrote some of it down. |
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Are all SATA cables the same?
"Metspitzer" wrote in message
... I know there are SATA2 and SATA3 SSD drives. Are the cables different? -- Stephanie: What did you do today? Leonard Hofstadter: Well, I'm a physicist, so I just thought about stuff. Stephanie: That's it? Leonard Hofstadter: I wrote some of it down. The cable ends are all the same for connection. However, I have seen SATA cables listed to carry data at higher and lower speeds. Check Newegg.com out to compare one variety of cable to another. As for SATA2 and SATA3 SSD drives they each have a distinct through put speed before getting to the cable itself. -- Jan Alter |
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Are all SATA cables the same?
On Feb 6, 3:19 pm, Metspitzer wrote:
I know there are SATA2 and SATA3 SSD drives. Are the cables different? Depends on the designer... Designers use a number of techniques to reduce the undesirable effects of [noise in -fl] such unintentional coupling. One such technique used in SATA links is differential signaling. This is an enhancement over PATA, which uses single-ended signaling. The use of fully shielded twin-ax conductors, with multiple ground connections, for each differential pair improves isolation between the channels and reduces the chances of lost data in difficult electrical environments. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...winAxCable.jpg |
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Are all SATA cables the same?
On Wed, 06 Feb 2013 15:19:57 -0500, Metspitzer
wrote: I know there are SATA2 and SATA3 SSD drives. Are the cables different? Backwards compatible, not necessarily forward-compatible. An el-cheapo SATA2 might not be good enough to handle SATA3. The plugs are the same, though. |
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Are all SATA cables the same?
On Wed, 06 Feb 2013 14:10:10 -0800, Loren Pechtel
wrote: On Wed, 06 Feb 2013 15:19:57 -0500, Metspitzer wrote: I know there are SATA2 and SATA3 SSD drives. Are the cables different? Backwards compatible, not necessarily forward-compatible. An el-cheapo SATA2 might not be good enough to handle SATA3. The plugs are the same, though. I have red, gray, black and blue SATA cables? How would you know? |
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Are all SATA cables the same?
On Wed, 06 Feb 2013 17:24:15 -0500, Metspitzer
wrote: On Wed, 06 Feb 2013 14:10:10 -0800, Loren Pechtel wrote: On Wed, 06 Feb 2013 15:19:57 -0500, Metspitzer wrote: I know there are SATA2 and SATA3 SSD drives. Are the cables different? Backwards compatible, not necessarily forward-compatible. An el-cheapo SATA2 might not be good enough to handle SATA3. The plugs are the same, though. I have red, gray, black and blue SATA cables? How would you know? I see that some of them are marked. The oldest cables I have are red. They are marked 26AWG. I am guessing they are SATA 2. The newest cables I have are blue. They are also marked 26AWG, but they are also marked 6Gbps/3Gbs. It is a shame. The red cable is the one I really wanted to use because it is 24 inches long. I already know, longer is not better when you are talking about computer cables. |
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Are all SATA cables the same?
On Wed, 06 Feb 2013 17:53:34 -0500, Metspitzer
wrote: On Wed, 06 Feb 2013 17:24:15 -0500, Metspitzer wrote: On Wed, 06 Feb 2013 14:10:10 -0800, Loren Pechtel wrote: On Wed, 06 Feb 2013 15:19:57 -0500, Metspitzer wrote: I know there are SATA2 and SATA3 SSD drives. Are the cables different? Backwards compatible, not necessarily forward-compatible. An el-cheapo SATA2 might not be good enough to handle SATA3. The plugs are the same, though. I have red, gray, black and blue SATA cables? How would you know? I see that some of them are marked. The oldest cables I have are red. They are marked 26AWG. I am guessing they are SATA 2. The newest cables I have are blue. They are also marked 26AWG, but they are also marked 6Gbps/3Gbs. It is a shame. The red cable is the one I really wanted to use because it is 24 inches long. I already know, longer is not better when you are talking about computer cables. I usually buy all my cables of any type from Monoprice, so I chaecked their web site for SATA cables, and it seems they have SATA cables rated or 6 Gbps in red, blue and black (plus other colors) in various lengths, up to 36 inches. Check out: |
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Are all SATA cables the same?
On Wed, 06 Feb 2013 19:00:06 -0600, Charlie Hoffpauir
wrote: On Wed, 06 Feb 2013 17:53:34 -0500, Metspitzer wrote: On Wed, 06 Feb 2013 17:24:15 -0500, Metspitzer wrote: On Wed, 06 Feb 2013 14:10:10 -0800, Loren Pechtel wrote: On Wed, 06 Feb 2013 15:19:57 -0500, Metspitzer wrote: I know there are SATA2 and SATA3 SSD drives. Are the cables different? Backwards compatible, not necessarily forward-compatible. An el-cheapo SATA2 might not be good enough to handle SATA3. The plugs are the same, though. I have red, gray, black and blue SATA cables? How would you know? I see that some of them are marked. The oldest cables I have are red. They are marked 26AWG. I am guessing they are SATA 2. The newest cables I have are blue. They are also marked 26AWG, but they are also marked 6Gbps/3Gbs. It is a shame. The red cable is the one I really wanted to use because it is 24 inches long. I already know, longer is not better when you are talking about computer cables. I usually buy all my cables of any type from Monoprice, so I chaecked their web site for SATA cables, and it seems they have SATA cables rated or 6 Gbps in red, blue and black (plus other colors) in various lengths, up to 36 inches. Check out: Oops, sent that by mistake before finishing. URL is http://www.monoprice.com/products/se...rd=sata+cables |
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Are all SATA cables the same?
On Wed, 06 Feb 2013 17:53:34 -0500, Metspitzer
wrote: On Wed, 06 Feb 2013 17:24:15 -0500, Metspitzer wrote: On Wed, 06 Feb 2013 14:10:10 -0800, Loren Pechtel wrote: On Wed, 06 Feb 2013 15:19:57 -0500, Metspitzer wrote: I know there are SATA2 and SATA3 SSD drives. Are the cables different? Backwards compatible, not necessarily forward-compatible. An el-cheapo SATA2 might not be good enough to handle SATA3. The plugs are the same, though. I have red, gray, black and blue SATA cables? How would you know? I see that some of them are marked. The oldest cables I have are red. They are marked 26AWG. I am guessing they are SATA 2. The newest cables I have are blue. They are also marked 26AWG, but they are also marked 6Gbps/3Gbs. 26AWG is the wire size. That says very little about how fast they can work. The 6gbs/3gbs marking is a clear indication that that's a SATA3 cable. |
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Are all SATA cables the same?
On 2/6/2013 3:19 PM, Metspitzer wrote:
I know there are SATA2 and SATA3 SSD drives. Are the cables different? The specification for the CABLE in SATA2 and SATA3 are the same. The one new difference is positive locking clamps on the connectors of new cables. The issue of good quality vs poor quality cable continues from SATA2. While the wires are all 26g, the quality of the copper and the amount of shielding are different from manufacturer to manufacturer. Either Maximum PC or Tom's Hardware did a test of SATA cables about a year back to see if there was any difference in performance between regular SATA cables and "SATA3" cables. They even jerry-rigged a 24 ft long cable and tested that to. The result: unless you are splitting hairs - not much. |
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