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Just a heads-up for people building systems with SATA drives:
the hard disk connectors are FRAGILE !

Almost had my in-dash system ready for its first test drive, unfortunately when powering it up the BIOS complained about missing hard disk. As it turned out both SATA connectors (power & data) were cleanly broken off. Apparently pressure from the nearby screen mount pushed on the cables and decapitated the disk. Condolences are accepted. Let this be a lesson: handle these plastic connectors with care !

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You mean I might be breaking organic parts too ??

tooch

Yeah those SATA connectors break really really easily. They are a crappy design.

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2k1Toaster

Everyone knows SATA connectors on both the harddrive and motherboard are flimsy as hell. The connectors on the cables are almost as bad, but a cable is cheap to fix.

That is why I never reccommend SATA drives in mobile environments. For my desktop because I always use those SATA to IDE converters that can be had for like $5 to $10, and then epoxy those in place. IDE is awesome!

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stangg172006

Def. 1 "That nigga knocked Lee Roy da **** out!" "Dam nigga dat fool gots some Heavy Hands!"


hahahahaha

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Ooops, sorry I made you cross, Cross.

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