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October 28th, 2024 01:38
Cables for Western Digital 4 TB for Inspiron 3670 desk top
Received a free 4 TB Western Digital and was curious what cables I need to use. I have an Inspiron 3670. I'm rather ignorant on hardware so if its recommended to use another type of storage for this desktop I will buy it.
Its a Western Digital 4 TB/ SATA 6Gb/s PC HA500 S/N: WCC7K5ZPJ5J9.
Thank you.
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redxps630
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October 28th, 2024 01:55
https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/en-us/inspiron-3670-desktop/inspiron_3670_servicemanual/procedure?guid=guid-935fe882-1f1d-44a3-8b52-07129708f376&lang=en-us
sata hdd need a power cable and a data cable.
both cables connect to 3670 motherboard
your pc already has sata power cable most likely. It is a 15 pin cable
check if there is a sata data cable included in the pc. It is a 7 pin cable.
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redxps630
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October 28th, 2024 02:06
3670 motherboard diagram
https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/en-us/inspiron-3670-desktop/inspiron_3670_servicemanual/?guid=guid-00e92321-81fc-4c0b-970d-1da1c0170955&lang=en-us
the sata power ports are #5, 8. both 6 pin.
the sata data ports are two black, one blue, one white. use the black or blue one for your new 4TB hard drive.
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username890
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November 6th, 2024 23:24
@redxps630
Thank you for the quick response! I was able to plug in both cables to the 4 TB. I used the blue and black per your advice. However, my computer is not able to recognize the device. I have attempted to update drivers on my BIOS. That does not seem to be the issue.
redxps630
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November 6th, 2024 23:40
Re: my computer is not able to recognize the device
this is often because bios>sata operation is set as RAID ON which is Dell default. If so try change it to AHCI by using the safe mode boot trick here.
https://www.dell.com/community/en/conversations/optiplex-desktops/how-to-safe-boot-after-changing-from-raid-to-ahci/6716d53eb33994192335c92c?keyword=AHCI
username890
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November 6th, 2024 23:45
Thank you! I had to do some extra steps but I got my big baby set for space.
Thank you so much for the help and quick support. I really do appreciate it.