Should I try plugging the cable into the mobo?

"Adam Albright" wrote:
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> On Sun, 4 Mar 2007 20:06:05 -0800, Joie
> <Joie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
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> >Hi,
> >
> >I am using the SATA cables that came with the drive and enclosure and cannot
> >get them to work. I don't know what kind of cables I need all I know is what
> >I have doesn't work, and my pci card says nothing about needing to buy
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>
> Lets backtrack a bit.
>
> 1. Are both ends of the cable you got the exact same?
> 2. Can you plug either end into your drive or controller card?
> 3. Do you have any SATA ports on our motherboard?
>
> When I was researching the topic before I bought several external SATA
> drives myself awhile back I read a couple articles where some vendor
> put the wrong cables in the box by mistake. So that could have
> happened.
>
> It sounds like they gave you INTERNAL SATA cables. The only real
> difference you can see is the connector often has a little metal band
> running across it while internals don't always. If you have both a
> internal and a external in your hand you can see the external variety
> has a slightly deeper opening in the connector shell which allows it
> to be pushed onto a SATA port just a fraction of a inch further. They
> aren't interchangable.
>
> The reason I asked if you have any SATA ports build into your MB is if
> you can get your cable pushed into those without forcing, then for
> sure you don't have the right cable.
>
>
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