On Tue August 14 2007, Karl Larsen wrote: > > This whole thing is getting out of hand! I spent $110 for a hard > drive and then $24 for a controller card and now you verify my fear that > I need some cables not part of the controller card. But I can turn this > whole thing off yet with a phone call :-) > many SATA drives and controller cards come with cables - you might ask before you cancel, what's included - you will need a SATA data cable, fairly standard, and probably, a power converter cable - some SATA drives will accept the older IDE-style white plastic rectangular connector - many newer ones only take the SATA style power connector which is usually black and wider and thinner than the older style - but many of the above items will include a power adapter cable to get you from the IDE style white plastic type to the newer SATA blade type -- Claude Jones Brunswick, MD, USA
