SATA cables (90 degree up?)

[blade52x]

Anyone know a good place to get some SATA cables that have a 90 degree eblow facing up instead of down? All of the ones on monoprice.com are facing down.

I think this is one but I'm not sure from the picture alone. But even if it is, I'm not paying $4 per cable when I need five or more.

Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks.

 

[dustNbone]

Yup those will work. You're quite likely going to pay more just because it's non standard. 4 bucks isn't terrible imho.

 

[mwroobel]

What you are looking for are 270 degree cables (left angle). http://www.cpustuff.com/12-inches-left-angle-sata-to-straight-sata-black-cable.html has them for under $2 in stock. Their shipping costs are really fair too (like $3 total to ship 5 sata cables). And no I don't work for them lol, I just buy a lot.

 

[Old Hippie]

But even if it is, I'm not paying $4 per cable when I need five or more.

I know what ya mean.

There's left and right angles but I'm not gonna bother to find the link.

They're over your $4.00 budget. LOL!

Good luck!

 

[blade52x]

What you are looking for are 270 degree cables (left angle). http://www.cpustuff.com/12-inches-left-angle-sata-to-straight-sata-black-cable.html has them for under $2 in stock. Their shipping costs are really fair too (like $3 total to ship 5 sata cables). And no I don't work for them lol, I just buy a lot.

Perfect. And not too long either. These should making managing the cables behind the hard drives much easier now. Thanks!

 

[Old Hippie]

What you are looking for are 270 degree cables (left angle). http://www.cpustuff.com/12-inches-left-angle-sata-to-straight-sata-black-cable.html has them for under $2 in stock. Their shipping costs are really fair too (like $3 total to ship 5 sata cables). And no I don't work for them lol, I just buy a lot.

Nice!

Thanks for the link!

 

[Old Hippie]

Does anyone know what a cross wired cable is all about?

As usual I'm at a loss.

 

[dustNbone]

I cross wired a SATA cable a few years ago to do naughty things to the firmware on an XBox 360s DVD drive.

 

[Old Hippie]

I cross wired a SATA cable a few years ago to do naughty things to the firmware on an XBox 360s DVD drive.

OK.

Is there any legitimate reason for something like that?

I'm just a curious Old Hippie.

 

[dustNbone]

I remember it basically putting the drive into a different addressing mode (Mode B) that allowed writing to the firmware and reading certain stored information. I could see this being useful in other situations.

 

[Old Hippie]

I remember it basically putting the drive into a different addressing mode (Mode B) that allowed writing to the firmware and reading certain stored information. I could see this being useful in other situations.

You're into it waaay further than I.

Thanks for the info!