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Intel interviewed over Conroe

@ 2006/07/19

We recently opened up the lines of communication to Intel so our readers could ask their own questions regarding Conroe and added some of our own. Intel's own Dan "Please keep it Red" Snyder took the time to answer these questions and got some help from Epic's Tim Sweeny and Falcon Northwest's Kelt Reeves

Comment from Rutar @ 2006/07/21

Is it maybe a difference between SATA 3 GB/s and SATA 1.5 cables?

Comment from jmke @ 2006/07/21

latest ones I got came with MSI RS482 board, and they are easy to remove also, no "snap ons" here, yet

Comment from Rutar @ 2006/07/21

Do you not have the SATA data cables that snap on?

Comment from jmke @ 2006/07/21

glue is no option unfortunately as it's one of HW test setups :/

Comment from phlegm! @ 2006/07/21

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Originally posted by jmke
mine come loose all the time, especially in Mini-ITX systems it can be frustrating, and even in larger cases I had my HDD refuse to power on because the power cable had gotten loose, didn't throw around the case either in order for this to happen :/

I usually just put a touch of super glue on the top of the connector away from the conductors to keep them from falling out. It's enough to hold the connector in place during day-to-day use, but it'll still come loose if something pulls on it with a non-trivial amount of force, so you don't have to worry about it snapping anything off. But if you change drives often, the glue would probably become an even bigger hassle than just letting it fall out.

Comment from jmke @ 2006/07/20

mine come loose all the time, especially in Mini-ITX systems it can be frustrating, and even in larger cases I had my HDD refuse to power on because the power cable had gotten loose, didn't throw around the case either in order for this to happen :/

Comment from Rutar @ 2006/07/20

the 3 GB/s cables are snap on, at least from my motherboard

Comment from jmke @ 2006/07/20

sata cables are the easiest to become loose and cause problems, both the SATA power as SATA data connections, really sucky

Comment from phlegm! @ 2006/07/20

Why are people whining about no on-chip IDE anyway? Most motherboards will still probably have IDE years from now, it'll just be a third-party chip instead of on the southbridge. It'll still be the same for the consumer, and only slightly different for the manufacturer (one more chip on each board).

Comment from Rutar @ 2006/07/20

Intel really missed the chance to smack the IDE whiners in their face with that new Samsung Burner that is AS CHEAP as the IDE ones. I'm even so far to retire my NEC burner just because of the smaller cables and the ability to switch off the IDE controller.

killing off IDE = TEH WIN

the motherboard prices should have been more a discussion point as well as overclocking of said boards that often cannot keep up with the CPU

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