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I have those in my home PC, but on Data Recovery computers I do not use them, because it is difficult to take them off of the drive sometimes. Regards and good luck in your search Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com > -----Original Message----- > From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- > boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Anthony Q. Martin > Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 7:32 AM > To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com > Subject: [H] SATA connector destroyed? > > I was inside my PC last night....went to reconnect the optical > drives...noticed that one of the indexed sata power connector was > broken..the short part of the "L" was broken off...could barely get the > power connector to hold...even worse for the data cable. After I got > it > all back together, the power to the drive is there, but I can't see the > drive, so obviously the data connector is hosed since the cable won't > grip. Anyone ever see this before? Are SATA connectors robust? I have > my doubts. This is a blu-ray reader / DVD writer, so it's nearly $100 > to replace....
