Adam Davis wrote:

> You'll note that the newer hard drives have surface mount connectors
> for the power and signal cables.  It has been my experience that these
> are durbale and reliable despite only being supported by the board,
> but they *look* fragile,

> In other words, we can't give you a good idea until you give us more
> detail.  What kind of board is it (multilayer, single, double sided,
> etc) and what kind of connections must you provide (number of
> connections, amperage, etc)

  Something comes to mind.  My concern would be of tracks lifting from
the PCB on stress.  Presumably you could arrange a via to sit at each
end of each pad used for the termination.  Applies to the larger (power)
connections.

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  Smaller connections; possibly a via at alternate ends of alternate
pads.

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  Cheers,
        Paul B.