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Felix Miata wrote on 1/13/21 5:21 PM:
> Michael Howard composed on 2021-01-13 22:57 (UTC):
> 
>> David Christensen wrote:
> 
>>> Michael Stone wrote:
> 
>>>> On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 01:55:37PM -0800, David Christensen wrote:
> 
>>>>> If you have any red SATA cables, replace them with new black SATA 6
> 
>>>> Make sure you wear a beaded neckless while doing that under a full moon.
> 
>>> I used to think "a cable is a cable, color does not matter", but I
>>> have experienced many storage hardware issues over the years that were
>>> caused by red SATA cables.  Other readers on this list have had
>>> similar experiences.  The explanation is chemistry -- the red dye
>>> slowly corrodes the conductors and/or contacts.
> 
>> Very interesting, if true, and I'm not saying it isn't. I too have had
> 
> It's been posted time and again in various forums. IME the problem seems to be
> limited to a more or less crimson or wild cherry shade of red:
> https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1426/0052/products/reds_0246cf19-67e7-4e1e-93d7-ef51f4cb3d8a_2000x.png?v=1601311774
> 
>> cable problems with those thin red efforts but put it down to them not
>> being of the locking variety or just bad quality.
> Dye that causes corrosion == bad quality. :)
> 

Well, this is all very interesting! I have *two* 
SATALink/SATARaid expansion cards and neither of them have 
any red cables! They are at pci addresses 05:00 and 05:01! 
How do I tell which is which?

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Disk errors ... Dennis Wicks <wix@mgssub.com> - 2021-01-13 20:10 +0100
  Re: Disk errors ... David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2021-01-13 23:00 +0100
    Re: Disk errors ... Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2021-01-13 23:40 +0100
      Re: Disk errors ... David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2021-01-14 00:00 +0100
        Re: Disk errors ... Michael Howard <mike@dewberryfields.co.uk> - 2021-01-14 00:00 +0100
          Re: old red cables cause Disk errors ... Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2021-01-14 00:30 +0100
            Re: old red cables cause Disk errors ... Dennis Wicks <wix@mgssub.com> - 2021-01-14 00:50 +0100
              Re: old red cables cause Disk errors ... Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2021-01-14 01:10 +0100
              Re: old red cables cause Disk errors ... Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2021-01-14 01:10 +0100
                Re: old red cables cause Disk errors ... Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2021-01-14 01:30 +0100
              Re: old red cables cause Disk errors ... David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2021-01-14 01:10 +0100
              Re: old red cables cause Disk errors ... Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2021-01-14 01:30 +0100
        Re: Disk errors ... Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2021-01-14 00:20 +0100
          Re: Disk errors ... Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2021-01-14 01:20 +0100
          Re: Disk errors ... Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2021-01-14 10:10 +0100
          Re: Disk errors ... Dominique Dumont <dod@debian.org> - 2021-01-17 12:50 +0100
    Re: Disk errors ... Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2021-01-14 00:40 +0100
    Re: Disk errors ... David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2021-01-14 01:10 +0100
    Re: Disk errors ... Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2021-01-14 01:20 +0100
  Re: Disk errors ... Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net> - 2021-01-14 18:00 +0100
    Re: Disk errors ... Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2021-01-14 18:10 +0100
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