I am very doubtful that the red dye is causing the problem.. (I
dissected a few styes - all have shielded pairs)
http://electronicsam.com/images/matsuura/20171009_090153.jpg
sam
On 10/8/2017 12:34 AM, Erik Christiansen wrote:
On 03.01.12 23:32, gene heskett wrote:
But I have to get rid of the rest of those red sata cables. That red die
eats the copper wire inside the cable like it was battery acid, and has
been doing that to cables around me since the rollover to the '70's took
all that cable manufacturing first to the J. A. Pan company and eventually
to China. 3 years and the copper in a wire with that insulation can be
shook out of the end of the insulation as brown dust. I have 5 dead sata
cables hanging on a drawer knob behind me just to keep me reminded, and I
grab cables of other colors when I can just so I have spares on hand.
Many thanks Gene, for that heads up back in 2012. I've just come back
from nearly a fortnight on the farm, and my desk machine locked up in
the middle of reading mail, then wouldn't boot, despite several
attempts. Fortunately the side's off, so I could see two SATA cables in
your least favourite colour, and the wet RAM functioned well enough to
recall your warning. Swapped the cable with a black one, and it came up
faster than it's done in a while.
My self-destructing red SATA cables lasted 31 months, so not quite 3
years - but we've just had a record warm winter, and the summers are each
a new record, so Arrhenius has to be allowed for, I figure.
Anyway, the damn things are still out there.
Erik
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