The connection can still fail quite easily. eSATA cables lock, and they are significantly more robust than locking SATA cables but those are only rated for 5000 reinsertion cycles.

This might be a dumb question, but I've got some 6 year old SATA cables lying around and some new ones from a mobo I just bought, do I have to worry about ...

Even better, each individual SATA cable can be up to 1 meter in length, double that of parallel ATA. The SATA connector is also keyed so you can't connect it incorrectly. And, ...

Answer: The same cables and connectors used for current SATA 1.5 and SATA 3.0 Gb/s implementations can be used to connect SATA 6Gb/s devices, although SATA-IO recommends quality components be ...

I just got a new SSD, and connected it with the SATA and power cables, but it’s not showing up in Windows. Any ideas on how ...

Check the SATA cable connection. Disconnect the cable and reconnect it. If your PC motherboard has more than one SATA port, connect the SATA cable in each port and see if it works.