Does anyone know where I can find some short SATA cables? All of the motherboard-supplied cables these days are damn near long enough to reach a hard drive clear across the room. The distance from my hard drives to the connectors on the board is about 7-8 inches, so these 18inch cables look awful and get tangled up in everything.
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Short SATA cables?
- Thread starter ATW
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You know, I've never seen one. They are all standard at that 18" length, at least the ones I've seen.
I checked around and it looks like you can buy longer ones, but not shorter ones.
I guess they figure since they are so thin, they don't really get in the way anyway.
I checked around and it looks like you can buy longer ones, but not shorter ones.
I guess they figure since they are so thin, they don't really get in the way anyway.
I wouldn't risk doing that: http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=742083djnes said:Fold them over and secure them with tie wraps. Most computer OEMs do that with the cables, so I would assume it's okay. I have both of mine done that way and have no problems.
Here are some 10 in. SATA cables for sale: http://www.coolerguys.com/serialata.html, http://www.frozencpu.com/cgi-bin/fr.../se=SATA Cables::Adapters/mp=menu_search.html
juniormlc said:I wouldn't risk doing that: http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=742083
Here are some 10 in. SATA cables for sale: http://www.coolerguys.com/serialata.html, http://www.frozencpu.com/cgi-bin/fr.../se=SATA Cables::Adapters/mp=menu_search.html
I stand corrected. Might need to get a few of those myself.
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ehZn said:They are all standard at that 18" length.
in addition to the shorter cables, the SATA standard allows for up to 1 meter in length (3.2 ft)
I would also suggest a review of the SATA Cautions thread in the FAQ
regarding the advantages of sheilding and routing
in addition SATA cables have issues with maintaining a secure attachment
so much so that breakage is fairly common, to the point where at least Western Digital has devoloped the
Secure Connect Cable 0.5 meters only