Old Sata Cable

The drive s power cable connects to the power supply unit or psu.

Old sata cable.

The sata cable is an incredibly robust cable. Still suffering from the old pata 40 vs 80 wire cable syndrome i asked myself the same question regarding sata cables and could find nothing in the repair manuals or mother board books so i just used the old asus sata cables for the new hard drive with only the best results. It s reliable speedy and comes with its own molex transformer so you can power the drives. The data cable which sometimes come packaged with the drive connects to a sata slot on the motherboard.

They provide a cable but you re expected to provide the power via an old psu or something. Sata cables can be a total life saver when something catastrophic happens to your computer. This is where many of the adapters you find out there fall short. Both cables connect to the rear of the hard drive.

The model we like is the sabrent usb 3 0 to sata ide adapter 23. 4 7 out of 5 stars based on 3 reviews 3 ratings current price 7 99 7. It s the cockroach or ak of computer cables. Product title sata to usb cable insten usb 3 0 to 2 5 sata iii.

Sata cables can have lengths up to 1 metre 3 3 ft and connect one motherboard socket to one hard drive. 99 list list price 10 99 10. Thanks for all the work and the reassurance. Sometimes when the hard drive data cable gets loose the drive may not be recognized or detected by pc.

Reconnect the hard drive with the data cable port or connect ata sata hard drive to another new data cable in pc. One end plugs into a port on the motherboard usually labeled sata and the other such as the angled end into the back of a storage device like a sata hard drive. Both ends are flat and thin with one often made at a 90 degree angle for better cable management. We ve certainly had our share.

Therefore you can try below two ways to make computer detect and read your ata or sata hard drive right away. That s not bad and we certainly wish all computer cables performed that way. Sata cables are long 7 pin cables.