Are sata ports always so darn loose?!

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I just got an ASRock Z97 Anniversary motherboard AND HOLY SHIT THE SATA PORTS ARE LOOSER THAN A CHILD'S TEETH.

Is this normal?  I have to RMA the motherboard anyways because one sata is broken (plus the board just feels wrong)

When did computer parts get so crap?

This is highly inconvenient as I needed this machine for 3d animation class...Now I will fall behind.

I needed all 6 ports because I have a blue ray burner, a boot drive, boot drive mirror, 500gb scratch disk, and two 1tb drives in raid 1.

I've never had issues with asrock previously...hmm...

I could ditch the blu•ray drive...but the connectors feel as though a nudge would break them

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I'd RMA it. 

Every board I have had has usually had incredibly tight ports.

How is the SATA broken? Feels wrong?

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Sata ports have a severe wiggle to them.

And all the other connectors (usb 3, 2, cpu 8 pin) don't feel like any other machine I've had.

What'd they do, run out of solder? :I

Definitely an RMA...

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Odd...The port is pretty much sideways, pulled off the board and still works...

Maybe I could glue it back in place...

Or probably wont

The board feels cheap..iit seems to be a striped down pro3 or pro4... but it still feels lacking in quality. Ehhhhhh...whatever.

At least I know this is t becoming the norm.

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normaly you get sata cables with clips.

the clips holds them into place.

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The sata cables do have clips :,P

It's the actual ports that are loose...They are quite literally with little to no solder.

Didn't even think the latest was possible considering it's all done by machine.

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okay thats not good, rma the board.

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Yeah, my luck with tech hasn't been good as of recent

Just making sure flimsy ports were becoming a common thing

RMA it is...uhg the hassle

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I apologize about my poor grammar, I've been using a phone and auto correct is quite tricky

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Bad grammar is no problem, i make allot of grammar failures too. Just because English is not my native language

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Oh holy he'll

They apparently won't take it back.

And to rub salt unto the already deep wounds,  it overclocks like shit. Can't even push my pentium POS to 4ghz.

I wanted to try Intel and the universe said no.

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Won't take it back ?

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Well, I fiddled around with it and i have no clue how, but it booted nicely and I used that opportunity to flash the bios.

If it weren't for the sata ports, this thing would of been a dream.

I suppose I can go without RMA, be very careful, and only use the most sturdy ports...if I need more then I can just get an addin card

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Why won't they take it back? That is their fault, and you did nothing to it, correct?

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I think it has to do with how absurd broken/loose sata ports sounds.

While I shouldn't have to, I can live with it...cheap flimsy hardware.

I functions fine now (I only have 3 sata ports out of the six) but other than that...ehhh...got a pentium to 4.8 so I'll settle for less one place and more in another.

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So after all this time, I got it 100% stable. Computer boots fine now.

I only have 3 functioning sata ports, while that isn't enough as I needed all six, I can get an expansion card...

I'm not familiar with Intel platforms so I will be experimenting and maybe ask around...

While a board like this isnt what I would call acceptable...I can live with it...i suppose. Win some, you lose some

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i would really like to know exactly why (or why you think) they won't take it back, you were sold a defective product under the pretense that it was new (i assume) and fully functional, the fact that it's "good enough" isn't acceptable, and when it breaks in a few months due to another defect you might not have even noticed they can be far less liable, i understand you probably can't afford the downtime but you could try to get them to send a new one and then send the old one once you get it (i know this is standard practice for some companies)

i forgot where i was going with this: throw a fit, get mad, make them responsible, also don't forget you can contact the seller and the manufacturer if one won't take care of it

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i agree if the board has 6 sata ports, all of them are supposed to work. its unacceptable, even wenn it is a cheap board like the Z97 Anniversary it still should work