Personal computing discussed
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churin wrote:I have noticed that there are SATA cable which is claimed to support SATA3 or SATA2. But it appears that any SATA cable since SATA1 works for SATA3. Is this correct?
Arvald wrote:. . . . you would not likely have issues till you approach the highest speeds 3GB/S for SATA2. . . .
churin wrote:Arvald wrote:. . . . you would not likely have issues till you approach the highest speeds 3GB/S for SATA2. . . .
Do you mean not to mention SATA3? I meant in my original post that any SATA cable can supports 6Gbps transfer speed.
Chrispy_ wrote:SATA uses differential signalling to offset outside interference. The cables are very simple with two shielded, differential pairs; One to transmit and one to receive.
All the other wires are just ground connections. Shielding between the TX and RX pairs is part of the spec, but common sense says that thanks to differential shielding this is largely unnecessary given the voltages, physical tolerances and layout of a SATA cable.
The SATA spec currently lists no difference in cable between SATA1 and SATA3. In theory, even a very cheap 1 meter (max length) cable ought to be capable of connecting two supporting devices at the full 6.0Gb/s SATA3 speed.
Arvald wrote:. . . Industry Standard Spec vs Manufacturing tend to be 2 very different things.