SATA data cables
David Beale
I have had a problem with my hard drive (a recent new one) dropping out
periodically. Un-plugging and re-plugging the latched SATA cable fixed
the problem for a period but then would happen again maybe 2-3 months
later.
I suspected that the data cable may have been a little bit faulty and
bought a new cable (didn't realise there were different types at this
stage).
The cable I got was an un-latched type but it doesn't work.
Question: will an unlatched SATA cable work in a latched socket?
From trolling the net it would appear it should, though found one or two
posts of people having a similar problem
Next question: is there any way of removing oxide/cleaning the sockets?
Final question: On the mother board there are two SATA sockets situated
side by side, one black (the one normally used for the hard drive) and
one white. Can I plug the hard drive into either of these if for example
it is suspected that the black socket is faulty?
Any help/advice appreciated
Dave Beale
James Taylor
Hi David, see below!
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Original Message -----
Subject:
SATA data cables
Date:
Wed, 26 Sep 2012 16:38:16 +1200
From:
David Beale <davea...@xtra.co.nz>
Has anyone had problems with latching SATA cables vs non latching?
I have had clients with non latching cables vibrating loose and have either replaved them with latching cables or used hot melt glue to hold them in place.
I have
had a problem with my hard drive (a recent new one) dropping out
periodically.
Un-plugging and re-plugging the latched SATA cable fixed
the
problem for a period but then would happen again maybe 2-3 months
later.
I
suspected that the data cable may have been a little bit faulty and
bought
a new cable (didn't realise there were different types at this
stage).
The
cable I got was an un-latched type but it doesn't work.
Question: will an unlatched SATA cable work in a latched socket?
Yes, SATA cables (Latched or not-latching) have the same pin out and either should work…
From
trolling the net it would appear it should, though found one or two
posts
of people having a similar problem
Next question: is there any way of removing oxide/cleaning the sockets?
You can use a pencil eraser and/or some contact cleaner or CRC to vlean the contacts…
Final
question: On the mother board there are two SATA sockets situated
side
by side, one black (the one normally used for the hard drive) and
one
white. Can I plug the hard drive into either of these if for example
it is
suspected that the black socket is faulty?
Yes, you can use either socket, If they are different colours, it usually means that one is high speed (6Gbps) and the other low speed (3Gbps). Try it and see if that remedies the problem. You will notice a drop in HDD performance if you you have an SATA3 HDD and move it to a 3Gbps port but if it is an SATA2 HDD, there will be no loss in performance. Download and run the free HDTune to benchmark it in both the black and white port.
Any
help/advice appreciated
Dave
Beale
If this is still under warranty, hopefully you can quickly determine if it is a faulty port. If you have a spare HDD (any size, even with bad sectors) so that you have one on each port and see if the other HDD drops out. This will eliminate the fault being with your system HDD as opposed to the port. Make sure that you set which HDD to boot from first in t=your CMOS (BIOS) settings.
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David Beale
There was only VERY minor difference between SATA ports on the mobo so I am assuming my hard drive is SATA2.
Everything running sweet though, only time will tell if I've corrected the problem.
Cheers
Dave Beale
James Taylor
No problem, keep me updated!