On Wed, 7 Mar 2007 10:54:21 -0800, Joie
<Joie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
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>Should I try plugging the cable into the mobo?[/color]

It is one way to see if the cables are internal or external. I haven't
seen a internal port yet that wasn't made to accept internal SATA
cables. You typically need a external rated SATA cable (also called
eSATA) to connect your external drive to some backplane which then
converts to internal SATA or plugs into some card. Even if your
internal SATA ports only run on SATA-1, at least you get to first
base. I'm responding to your original question where you said you
can't get the drive to work. It is either a cable problem or a driver
problem or perhaps a BIOS issue or Windows simply don't see them. Ihad
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>"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
>> >anything additional to attach my drive[/color]
>>
>> 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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