Stefan Monnier <monn...@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote: > >> Can you point to any evidence? > > You've never cut open a magenta cable that quit to see what's > > inside? > > Nope. Never had them fail on me either for that matter. > > > If rust colored dust falls from where copper used to be, you have > > your evidence. > > Right. But I don't have that, so I don't have my evidence. Do you? > Can you point to such stories being reported somewhere? > My web-searches all turn up empty.
I was pretty sceptical about Gene's claim, especially for nowadays, but I just found https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/insulated-copper-wire-turned-into-gray-powder.976956/ FWIW. From 2019. > > That said, there probably aren't a lot of computers that had > > them left in service. I think the manufacturers got it figured out > > before SATA rev 2.0 cables saturated the markets. > > If the problem was known in the 70s, then presumably the manufacturers > got it figured out before sata rev 1.0 (let alone sata cable), no? > > Stefan
