Reply 200 of 243, by PD2JK
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luckybob wrote on 2023-10-05, 13:38:pentiumspeed wrote on 2023-10-04, 23:35:Don't buy latched SATA cables. The latch tend to not unlatch. I occsaionally had seen one that wouldn't unlatch at all. This meant sore fingers or grab pair of pliers and bite hard then carefully wiggle free.
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nah man. other way 'round for me. I cant stand when these cables come loose.
Understandable. Once I used cables with latch in a SATA port without 'latch-support'. The port tended to bulge and break. Happened once.
Some HDDs dont like the latch as well. 😒
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