Locking SATA Cables. What every rig needs! Video demonstration

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Locking SATA Cables. What every rig needs! Video demonstration

http://www.viddler.com/explore/HardOCP/videos/10/4.494/

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Cybermancer · 10-09-2008, 15:35 | posts: 13,832 | Location: Cyberspace

Wow! Great finding, Watcher!

They really should include those with every motherboard and make them the standard...

Arctucas · 10-11-2008, 00:15 | posts: 1,749

Been using these:
http://www.microcenter.com/single_pr...uct_id=0282492
for about two years.

Sometimes they latch too well, I need a screwdriver to get them loose!

I have problems with the SATA power cables coming loose though.

SolidBladez · 10-11-2008, 00:23 | posts: 3,721 | Location: CO

Yeah, I saw this video on [H]. At first I was thinking, is this new to these guys?!? But then realized they're referring to the OEM cables that come with the motherboard.

dcx_badass · 10-14-2008, 23:07 | posts: 9,544 | Location: Leeds [UK]

Western digital do a combined sata power and data cable that locks, but the damn thing is £10+ instead of 80p I paid for a normal cable.

pimp_gimp · 10-17-2008, 20:07 | posts: 5,766 | Location: Tacoma, Washington

My last motherboard came with latching cables, been using them ever since.

roguesn1per · 10-17-2008, 20:14 | posts: 9,514 | Location: Aussie Perth WA

There ok, nothing special though, most High end boards come with them

Passion Fruit · 10-19-2008, 15:53 | posts: 5,830 | Location: Middlesbrough, England

I've never had a SATA cable that doesn't lock itself into the port .. :s lol... always had latched.

I cant believe these people have just discovered them.

sykozis · 10-24-2008, 19:10 | posts: 13,489 | Location: US East Coast

I'd never seen latching SATA cables until I got the gateway I've been slowing upgrading the crap out of. (from E4500 with onboard graphics and 3gb DDR2-667 to now a Q6600 with HD4850 with 4gb DDR2-800) They are a great thing and should come standard with harddrives and motherboards.

hallryu · 10-24-2008, 22:01 | posts: 10,840 | Location: England

Never had a SATA cable come loose yet! *touches wood*

waway625 · *Last edited by waway625; 10-31-2008 at 09:51.*

I was installing my new HD last night and thought about why the SATA Cable on my DFI was a bit different ..I felt something was missing till I saw the video,,yep my old Gigabyte had that latch (unfortunately its with my PC back home lol)

PS

so what would happen if a SATA cable comes loose? BSOD? or hardware failure?

Athlonite · *Last edited by Athlonite; 06-10-2009 at 16:10.*

aint nothin a dob of hotglue cant fix

failing that ACRyan make rather nice sheilded sata cables that lock sofar i've seen em Blue (witch i got) Green Orange and yello and all are UV and look very nice well would if i hadn't banged my UV tube and buggerd it but they still look good without the UV

BlooHook · 06-12-2009, 10:54 | posts: 418 | Location: Jax, FL

Ain't bad, my mobo came with em but I'm using some UV ones, some have em some don't. No worries though, I have all my SATA ports set so that they are hot swappable. If any of them fall out for whatever reason that may be, It's not going to cause any signifigant damage.

Pill Monster · 06-12-2009, 18:06 | posts: 20,464 | Location: NZ

What a stupid idea, locking sata cables. Who would try and steal them anyway?

Sounds like a marketing gimmick...

But seriously......

Quote:

I've never had a SATA cable that doesn't lock itself into the port .. :s lol... always had latched.

I cant believe these people have just discovered them.

Agreed +1000

They've been around for years.

PNeV · 06-17-2009, 22:41 | posts: 1,394 | Location: Northampton, United Kingdom

Ive got some pretty orange ones

. Not really nessacery to lock but they look good.

dcx_badass · 06-19-2009, 05:22 | posts: 9,544 | Location: Leeds [UK]

I've never had locking ones but never had one that's been even remotely loose either.

baby_UTE · 06-19-2009, 09:52 | posts: 196 | Location: Australia

i i got with my EVGA 750I FTW board and i dont use them lolz i just like the red ones better.

Flukester · 06-30-2009, 16:36 | posts: 1,505 | Location: Ottawa, Ontario

I am using em, but ya, the lock is kinda unnecessary. Neat kinda..

Vector · 07-26-2009, 02:00 | posts: 1,494 | Location: right here

Nice find!

RKOver · 07-26-2009, 02:36 | posts: 1,928 | Location: Oakham, UK

be nice if the site worked.

F1refly · 07-26-2009, 02:43 | posts: 8,411 | Location: Indiana

i have some locking SATA's. i absolutly hate....HATE them. very hard to get off when you have no room, once the video card and audio card are in...those things are a b****
at least mine are, i just cant get my fingers in there enough to do anything, i'd rather just pull em out

Anubis · 07-26-2009, 10:32 | posts: 2,794 | Location: ∞

Never had any issues with the sata cables coming loose..
And even if, when cleaning the comp every now and then you can push them back in, incase they've come a lil bit loose..

It's not like they're jumping all the way out every 5 minutes..

Tiger253 · 08-01-2009, 06:48 | posts: 432 | Location: Northwest Washington

me three, never had sata cables come loose on me.

Power_Down · 11-16-2009, 17:59 | posts: 37

ive never had them come loose, but im sure all the motherboards ive bought this year come with the click and lock cables