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SATA Connectors *are* crap - agreed.
Unbelievable that the old molex 4-pin power connector was better than the new one. I never had a molex pop out, but I've have several SATA power connectors disconnect, especially in fold-together desktops like Dells and small form factor PCs.

And the SATA data connector is just as bad, although I've seen a non-standard variant (I think inside a IBM/Lenovo) where the sata socket portion had little plastic "teeth" to grip the sata cable in place.

Definitely the SATA data/power ones are worse than SCSI, IDE, 4-pin floppy power connector, and the molex.
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SATA Connectors *are* crap - agreed.  croberts | 05/28/09
Connectors or cables?  lonniemcclure | 05/28/09
RE: Crap Connectors  BernieLyons | 05/28/09
RE: SATA Revision 3.0 paves way for 6Gb/s devices  gnesterenko | 05/28/09
PCIe boot drive  croberts | 05/28/09
You bet  DrMicro | 05/28/09
Comparing PCIe transfers:  isulzer | 05/28/09
You are correct  DrMicro | 05/28/09
RE: SATA Revision 3.0 paves way for 6Gb/s devices  Gis Bun | 05/28/09
Most SSDs are around 800 Mbps  georgeou | 05/28/09
True, for now  DrMicro | 05/28/09
Recent review  gnesterenko | 05/29/09

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