Inquiries regarding uncovered metal at cable connections and cases in contact with them
Inquiries regarding uncovered metal at cable connections and cases in contact with them
Howdy. I'm new here but I figured this was the best spot to go to. I recently just drilled and cut holes into the back of an old dell 3050 optiplex tower so I could swap out some 2 port esata cards for 4 port sata cards and then used esata by sata cables to terminate everything. Some of the holes are JUST RIGHT in size; however the outer metal of the esata cable is touching the PC cases metal on some cables. I am curious if that metal on the outside of the cable is just a ground. Haven't had any issues so far with connectivity (although I am currently waiting on the drives that will populate the esata ports. I essentially went from 6 ports to 12, and will be using 9 of them. All connecting to 4 drive enclosures, for a backup storage vault (or 3 depending on how I build the raid) I really appreciate any help that can be offered!