WDSC50RCW WesternDigital, Doesn’t fit new WD hard..
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Doesn’t fit new WD hard drives.
Tho the cable is recommended by Western Digital’s online manual to provide a more secure connection than the usual SATA data and and power cables, my new Western Digital Caviar GP 500 drive is missing the required legacy ATA power receptacle — there is just a hole where I assume it used to be on older drives. So the cable is useless. A regular latch-type SATA data cable works fine anyway along with a SATA power cable from the power supply, and is secure enough.
Update (2/9/2012):
The featured review for this product, WesternDigital SECURE CONNECT CABLE FOR WD WDSC50RCW Electronics, was written by John Wilson.
The average rating for this item is out of 5 stars, according to 3 reviews.
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Reviews (3)
Timothy J. Litvin
April 19th, 2010 at 5:54 am
A senseless necessity.
WD’s “Secure Connect Cable” is a well-executed and pricey product designed to solve a problem that shouldn’t exist in the first place. To their credit, it works great: the connection is 10X more secure than a standard SATA cable. My only objection is having to order this special cable to make a WD HD work in a rugged environment. Seems like a cable-retaining feature could have been incorporated into the HD itself.
John Wilson
May 2nd, 2010 at 10:23 pm
Doesn’t fit new WD hard drives.
Rated 1 stars.
Scott A. Krohn
May 5th, 2010 at 11:18 am
Right cable, right price
It’s a genuine WD product, specially designed for their SATA drives (both types.) As advertised, it provides a much stronger connection than some of the cheesy cables available. Plus, Amazon’s price was the cheapest I could find.
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