| Use these SATA data cables to connect the hard disk drives to the motherboard. Make sure you remove the red cap before installation |
| Look at the connectors on the hard disk drive's interface board and compare them to the SATA data and power cables. Match the connector shapes on the drive and the cables before plugging them to the hard drive |
Install the hard disk drives into the casing before connecting any of the data and power cables
Connect the SATA power cables from the power supply to the drives. Use two SATA data cables, one for each of the drives and connect them as shown.
Ensure that the data and power cables are fully plugged into the drive as shown. You should not leave any gaps in between
By now, you'll notice that no mention was made about Master and Slave drives. For Serial ATA technology, there's absolutely not a need for any jumper manipulation since each drive is connected to the SATA port from one end to the other. This actually simplified the installation process as users need not worry about Master/Slave conflicts, cable types (40-conductor and 80-conductor) and specific cable orientation. Also, you'll notice that the cable is now much slimmer and this makes cable management simpler, in addition to clearing up more room for greater airflow within the casing. If you don't know yet, SATA provides greater bandwidth of up to 150MB/s while the parallel ATA standard has a maximum data bandwidth of only 133MB/s.
| Locate the SATA connectors on the motherboard |
Similar to plugging the cable to the drive, there's only one way to do it
The notch on the cable's connector should match the connector on the motherboard. Make sure it's fully plugged in.
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