SATA connector broken?

ryan29121 · 02-15-08, 07:15 AM

So I went to plug my Seagate hard drive in and the sata connector on the hard drive just fell off. I just plugged it in normally, like I have before a thousand times, and it just snapped off. Do you know of any place that can fix something like that? I called up seagate and they didnt help me at all. What can I do?

andy_nv · 02-15-08, 11:45 AM

I'd like to know that too.

One of my 36GB Raptors is like that, been using it for the last 3 years with the broken piece of plastic stuck in the cable plug (to fit), just hope the cable holds otherwise I really have to look for a fix.

edit: I'm pissed that hdd manufacturers don't apply the same simple protection we see on motherboards (the shell around the plug).

Q · 02-15-08, 12:12 PM

I really like that Western Digital provides that thick blue-block connector for their retail drives. The SATA power cable still sucks, though. Molex FTW.

**lduguay** · 02-15-08, 01:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ryan29121

So I went to plug my Seagate hard drive in and the sata connector on the hard drive just fell off. I just plugged it in normally, like I have before a thousand times, and it just snapped off. Do you know of any place that can fix something like that? I called up seagate and they didnt help me at all. What can I do?

That might explain why it fell off

02-15-08, 02:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lduguay

That might explain why it fell off

stncttr908 · 02-15-08, 02:52 PM

http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3185

**XDanger** · 02-17-08, 09:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by andy_nv

I'd like to know that too.

One of my 36GB Raptors is like that, been using it for the last 3 years with the broken piece of plastic stuck in the cable plug (to fit), just hope the cable holds otherwise I really have to look for a fix.

edit: I'm pissed that hdd manufacturers don't apply the same simple protection we see on motherboards (the shell around the plug).

Same here.

The plastic is very brittle

major design flaw in sata connector, Should have been like USB.

DRen72 · 02-17-08, 11:14 AM

I've broken a SATA cable this way, but not a hard drive connection. It was in a P180 case too.

hokeyplyr48 · 02-17-08, 11:24 AM

yah i've never found cable routing easy in a P180 case. i dread opening mine

02-15-08, 07:15 AM	#1
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02-15-08, 11:45 AM	#2
andy_nv Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 300	Re: SATA connector broken? I'd like to know that too. One of my 36GB Raptors is like that, been using it for the last 3 years with the broken piece of plastic stuck in the cable plug (to fit), just hope the cable holds otherwise I really have to look for a fix. edit: I'm pissed that hdd manufacturers don't apply the same simple protection we see on motherboards (the shell around the plug).

02-15-08, 12:12 PM	#3
Q Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 7,793	Re: SATA connector broken? I really like that Western Digital provides that thick blue-block connector for their retail drives. The SATA power cable still sucks, though. Molex FTW.

02-15-08, 02:52 PM	#6
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02-17-08, 11:14 AM	#8
DRen72 Eastern Pipistrelle Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: The Cave Posts: 2,058	Re: SATA connector broken? I've broken a SATA cable this way, but not a hard drive connection. It was in a P180 case too. __________________ CPU: Intel i7 2600k Video: EVGA GTX 590 / 24" BenQ FP241WZ LCD Motherboard & RAM: ASRock P67 Extreme6 / 16GB DDR3 RAM Storage: Corsair Force Series GT 128GB SSD / Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB / Two Seagate Barracuda 1.5TB drives Optical Storage: Pioneer BDR-206DBKS Sound: Sound Blaster X-Fi / Logitech Z-5500 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate (64-bit) Other: Antec P183 Case / Corsair AX-1200 Power Supply / Logitech G5 (v2.0) / Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 Console: XBox 360 Elite

02-17-08, 11:24 AM	#9
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