One of the complaints users had about SATA when it first launched, was the connectors. Yes, the new cable design was great for airflow and plugging the connectors in was a doddle. However, they did ...

What I have now is as you describe, one of those across the top and one of those across the bottom, each one into a SATA header coming off the power supply, then some short SATA cables going to the ...

I'm considering getting an HP Stream mini, but the 2.5" bay requires a proprietary SATA cable that is not included, as the Ars review points out. However, as near as I can tell from googling, the only ...

Today we’re looking at the Brando USB to SATA/IDE converter. If you’re testing an unknown drive you have to either use a removable drive rack or an external drive enclosure to run the drive without ...

Audiophiles have long claimed that expensive cables constructed from oxygen-free copper, gold or even more esoteric materials can have a serious impact on sound quality - but now a Korean company is ...

There is no need for a master or slave distinction with SATA drives because they each connect to the motherboard with their own SATA cable. Two IDE/PATA drives, on the other hand, could share the same ...

What are PATA and SATA? In this guide we will be discussing the differences between Parallel ATA and Serial ATA, both are types of interface for disk drives in the average desktop PC. Firstly, a ...