I had a system that had two AC coupling caps at both the transmitter and receiver, so a section of the line was floating as far as DC goes. I was having some problems so I replaced one of the caps with a short and think it helped. I have run into that situation again and wondering if having a part of the SATA line floating w.r.t. DC can be a problem. Seems to me it could. Thanks - Joel ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List forum is accessible at: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu