Claude Jones wrote:
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
Thanks a lot! I know what to ask when I talk with them :-)
To be safe I better get a power adapter as well. This sure is looking
like a Rube Goldberg change and I dislike these.
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Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI
Linux User
#450462 http://counter.li.org.
