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I Got this OEM HD, What Cables do i Need?

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Marktoloba

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I just got this Seagate Hard Drive Serial ATA 200GB 7200RPM and I didnt get any cables with it. What exactly do I need to make it work?
 
Standard SATA data cable and a SATA power adapter unless the drive also has a standard power connedtor (or your PSU already has them - some mobos come with at least one SATA data and power adapter cable - the Abit KW7 I just got had two data but no power adapter cables). You'll find a mix of power connectors on drives, some have only the SATA connector, some have the old style Molex and some have both.
.bh.

.p.s. some SATA data cables have a latch that locks them to the drive. The ones I've seen are considerably more expensive but help prevent accidental disconnections/breakage by the ham-fisted. Breakage seems to be fairly common judging from the posts here...
.bh.
 
A serial ATA data cable, and a serial ATA power cable or adapter. The drive may also have a standard molex power socket. If so, you would use one or the other, not both.

Newer power supplies already have the SATA power connectors.



SATA data

SATA power
 
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