StarTech 18in SATA to Right Angle SATA Serial ATA Cable (SATA18RA1)
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Customer Review: Make sure it will fit!
Summary: 2 Stars
I never got to install the connector into my PC. Since it was to be used to connect a second hard disk drive, space was going to be a factor. However, I ran into one unexpected difficulty. One end of the connector is at a right angle to the rest of the wire. It can only be installed one way into the hard drive. This would have the right angle positioning the cable up, and into the cover panel; that is I could not put the cover back if I installed the cable's right angle side into the hard drive. If I tried to install the right angle side on the motherboard connector, it was blocked by one of the small electronic parts on the motherboard, and would not connect. I purchased a cable with straight connectors on both ends and returned this connector to Amazon for a full refund. The new cable installed easily and works fine. I expect the original cable would have worked if it would have fit; the difficulty was due to my mistake, or inexperience, in not being aware of the potential problem in the first place.Customer Review: Know your case is right
Summary: 3 Stars
I bought this cable thinking it could go in any computer case because I could plug the angled end into the motherboard or into the drive. Wrong! This cable is not compatible with my rather new Dell Inspiron 530. The angled end would not fit into the only available port on my motherboard. And because hard drives are screwed into the case upside down, when the angled end of the cable is connected to the drive, the case does not close. I found out that I really needed a LEFT angle SATA data cable - which is fairly uncommon. Staples, or at least the one near me, does not carry SATA data cables at all. So, I had to travel about 25 miles to a large computer store to buy a straight cable. The store also had left angle SATA cables but I decided to play it safe. The moral is be very careful about buying angled SATA data cables and make sure it will work with your case with the available ports. Can't comment on the quality of the cable because I can't use it.Customer Review: Not an angled connector on mine
Summary: 1 Stars
I took to heart the previous reviews, cautioning that one of the connectors was 90 degrees and pointing upwards. Exactly what I needed for my Dell. The cable I got had straight connectors on both ends! With a very sharp kink on the cable the cover closed with a push and the drive runs. However, I will not be surprised if the cable fails. My guess is a wrong cable was mailed. The cable is called on the shipping slip SATA18RA1 (RA=right angle?). The bag itself has only single marking (0.5 m = ca. 18 inches as advertised). There is no good way was the person pulling the order to know if it is an angled connector or not except to know the merchandise an look. I will see if I can return it, but at the price of the cable and cost of shipping and hassle, this seems hardly worth it. Even this review is costing me more time than is the cost of the cable. Still, I use other people's reviews, so I thought I would return the favor.Customer Review: It Does Work But . . .
Summary: 4 Stars
I received the cable with the 90 degree angled connector shown in the illustration. The cable works. Fit on both ends was snug to the point of being difficult. I have experienced no looseness. The length was ample for my installation in a full tower case.
That being said, I had assumed that the angled connector would fit with the length of the cable turned down. The cable I received was not that way. The angled connector fits into the drive in such a way that the cable is fed upward toward the top of the case. If I were installing my drives low in the case, that might be perfect. In my application, it made the installation and cable routing awkward. I will probably get around to replacing it with a conventional substitute at some point, just to keep the cabling neat. Until then, it works, and the price was right.
Customer Review: "L" Type Connector
Summary: 5 Stars
Hello All,
Note that this SATA data cable has the "L" type connector on both ends, and one connector is right-angled whereas the other is a straight connector. Check your device and motherboard's interface connector types before ordering. I first tried using it with the right-angled connector to the motherboard interface but it would not clear an electronic component, so I switched it around. Then, the right-angled connector attached to the rear of the SATA DVD drive would not clear the Ultra-IDE DVD drive installed beneath it (the SATA drive is shorter than the IDE drive by about 3/4"). So, I switched the locations of the DVD drives and the problem was solved. In the future, I will order straight connectors on both ends... Good luck!