Lesson 7: Data cable installation - Build a PC
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Overview
In lesson 7 we'll continue our steps to build a PC by connecting the data cables to the hard drives, CD/DVD drives and floppy drive.
We're going to install 3 Serial ATA data cables, 2 for the SATA hard drives and 1 for the SATA DVD recordable drive.If you're installing an IDE hard drive or IDE DVD drive please go to www.homepcbuilder.com/ide for instructions on connecting the cables.
Selecting the Data cables
The motherboard came with 6 SATA cables. 3 of which have a right angle connector on one end.
The connectors are keyed so they can only go in one way.
We'll use 2 of the data cables with right angle connectors for the hard drives and a data cable with straight connectors for the DVD recordable drive.
Locating the SATA ports
4 of the 6 SATA ports on the motherboard are side facing, to avoid contact with extra long video cards.
We'll refer to the motherboard manual to identify the number of each connection.
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