Which SATA cabling do I use with this hard drive?

mwddrwg

Sorry for being thick (again ) but does any one know which SATA cable I would need to use with a Western Digital WD5000AVDS 500GB internal drive?


Thanks for any pointers

enfield_freddy

you need 2 cables to the drive , a data cable and a power cable , the power cable is (usually) black and flat , and is keyed so that it only goes one one way. it usually has red , black and yellow wires going to it


the data cable is usually a flat cable with black plugs but smaller ends


this is a data data cable http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/30CM-Right-Angle-Serial-Sata-to-Sata-PC-Motherboard-Cable-For-DVD-HDD-Hard-Drive-/400806462196?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item5d51ed42f4


you may have a spare sata power lead inside your computer , if not you can buy adaptors to convert from the old IDE type http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Molex-to-2-SATA-Hard-Drive-Dual-Power-Adaptor-Y-Splitter-Cable-4-pin-15-pin-/371052546021?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item56647487e5

mwddrwg

enfield_freddy wrote: »

you need 2 cables to the drive , a data cable and a power cable , the power cable is (usually) black and flat , and is keyed so that it only goes one one way. it usually has red , black and yellow wires going to it


the data cable is usually a flat cable with black plugs but smaller ends


this is a data data cable http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/30CM-Right-Angle-Serial-Sata-to-Sata-PC-Motherboard-Cable-For-DVD-HDD-Hard-Drive-/400806462196?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item5d51ed42f4


you may have a spare sata power lead inside your computer , if not you can buy adaptors to convert from the old IDE type http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Molex-to-2-SATA-Hard-Drive-Dual-Power-Adaptor-Y-Splitter-Cable-4-pin-15-pin-/371052546021?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item56647487e5

Many thanks, knew I could rely on you! Will have a poke inside the case tonight to see what I've got (or not!).

enfield_freddy

yes , and I understood it as a genuine question , and tried to make it easier by posting you some pictures to help ,


keep us informed , and fire back if you have any problems .


PS , if the machine is newish/sata , then it will prob have a sata dvd drive , if you don't use this , use the leads on that to power your spare drive

mwddrwg

enfield_freddy wrote: »

yes , and I understood it as a genuine question , and tried to make it easier by posting you some pictures to help ,


keep us informed , and fire back if you have any problems .


PS , if the machine is newish/sata , then it will prob have a sata dvd drive , if you don't use this , use the leads on that to power your spare drive

Wow, even better! Never knew you could do that! Thanks, will update later on