Customer Reviews

StarTech 18in SATA to Right Angle SATA Serial ATA Cable (SATA18RA1)

5 star:		(87)
4 star:		(27)
3 star:		(7)
2 star:		(4)
1 star:		(9)

 

 

When buying this cable, note that one end has a 90 degree angled plug. This can be either an advantage or problem depending on the available space in your machine. In my case it made connecting two adjacent cables somewhat challenging.

Although the picture shows a 90deg cable, I did not get that one, I received a straight ended one which are useless to me, Emailed seller and got no resolution to the problem....

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.

As the title suggests. However, be mindful of where you're using the cable in your computer. The right angle end of the SATA cable is built in a way where the cable will be directed downwards when inserted properly. So theoretically, if you're inserting the right angle end of the cable into a hard drive that's placed in the bottom of your computer and faces the computer cover (such as the Dell XPS 420), then the cable will need to loop upwards towards the other SATA insert, which will create tension to the wiring when placing the cover back in place. That's not the manufacturer's fault, of course, but again, be careful.

The system did not recognize the drive with this cable. I had to borrow the DVD cable to get the drive recognized. Also, the right angle connector in the cable was backwards for the WD drive due to the drive's position in the bay. I wish there was a warning about this somewhere.

I purchased mine from amazon.com (not a reseller) and I DID receive the correct cable with one end angled.

Works fine and seems to be of good quality.

Required when you add a "bare bones" internal SATA disc drive. I believe most PCs lack a data plug for a second drive. My PC had an extra power plug so I didn't need a separate power cable. Worked with no problems.

It works as it suppose to but not to my satisfaction. However, I would spend a little more money for a better, higher quality product.

What can you say about a cable, it's life changing, it made me so happy that I couldn't stop singing, it taught me how to play the trumpet. It's just a cable, delivered quickly and cheaply!

I received a used computer that the owner told me no longer works. This was a computer they had stored and did not use. I opened it and realized there was a hard drive missing. Well Du it no longer works, I owned an old hard drive so I installed it and attached the power but there was no SATA cable. I bought this and attached it and it worked fantastically! I only rate 4 star as the right angle was hard to attach without taking out the hard drive and there was a lot of extra slack that wasn't needed.