USB trouble with external hard disk

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Sun, 2025-02-23 at 16:56 +0100, Volker Wysk wrote:
> The cable is, most likely, black. I can't see it for sure, because I
> suffer from a red-green-insufficiency (My translation. It's
> "Rot-Grün-Schwäche" in German).

IIRC Gene (not Liam) has had bad experiences with certain red SATA
cables, but these are usually not needed at all, as the SATA drive is
normally plugged directly into the board wirelessly. USB cables can of
course also break.