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Solve : Question about serial ata power adapter? |
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Answer» Good Morning! Probaly looks like this. "Serial ATA" is usually abbreviated to "SATA". This is a SATA power adapter cable. It allows you to take power from a PATA (IDE) power connector.The black connector on the left is a SATA power connector. The white connector on the right is a PATA power connector. Maybe this will help better explain what I am needing/or asking. Here is a pic of the back of the drive And I have the image here that you posted in mine... which I can not see how it hooks up to the drive. Or maybe it isn't as hard as I am making it out to be? How would I plug in the drive with what I have? Look again at that connector on the back of the drive......that's NOT just ONE plug, it's TWO. the wide one on the left is the power connector and the shorter one to the right of it is the SATA data cable. You DO have SATA ports on your motherboard, don't you? If not then you bought the wrong drive. You will need an IDE drive, NOT a SATA drive. Cheers! Shadow Quote from: TheShadow on March 20, 2009, 03:37:49 PM You DO have SATA ports on your motherboard, don't you? I did wonder about this. Ok next silly question....how do I find out if I have SATA ports on my motherboard?Quote from: Rhonda_IN on March 20, 2009, 05:44:44 PM Ok next silly question....how do I find out if I have SATA ports on my motherboard? Tell us its MANUFACTURER and model number, or if your computer is a store bought one, its brand and model number. Emachines W3052If the motherboard is the K7MNF-64 which shipped with the W3052 the user manual lists SATA connectors as being "Optional" The only way to find out is to get into the case and have a look. A zipped pdf user manual can be downloaded from here.. Other marketing sites list the specs with ide only. Good luck. |
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