Old Sata Cable

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

Old sata 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. The sata cable is an incredibly robust cable. Both cables connect to the rear of the hard drive. We ve certainly had our share.

Sata hard drives require two cables one with 15 pins to supply power and one with 7 pins to carry data. Reconnect the hard drive with the data cable port or connect ata sata hard drive to another new data cable in pc. The sata standard defines a data cable with seven conductors three grounds and four active data lines in two pairs and 8 mm wide wafer connectors on each end. The data cable which sometimes come packaged with the drive connects to a sata slot on the motherboard.

This is where many of the adapters you find out there fall short. Product title sata to usb cable insten usb 3 0 to 2 5 sata iii. 4 7 out of 5 stars based on 3 reviews 3 ratings current price 7 99 7. 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.

They provide a cable but you re expected to provide the power via an old psu or something. Sometimes when the hard drive data cable gets loose the drive may not be recognized or detected by pc. That s not bad and we certainly wish all computer cables performed that way. Sata cables are long 7 pin cables.

Thanks for all the work and the reassurance. The model we like is the sabrent usb 3 0 to sata ide adapter 23. If your motherboard dies or for some reason you can t power on your computer you can remove the hard. Sata cables can have lengths up to 1 metre 3 3 ft and connect one motherboard socket to one hard drive.

It s the cockroach or ak of computer cables. Therefore you can try below two ways to make computer detect and read your ata or sata hard drive right away. It s reliable speedy and comes with its own molex transformer so you can power the drives.