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May 30th, 2017 22:00
Adding a disk to XPS tower
I recently bought an XPS tower special edition. I went to add a second disk to it today and found that there were no free data cables (if that is the right term). Each drive bay had a power plug near it but no data. There were 2 data cables leaving the mother board. One to the primary disk drive and one to the optical drive. Do I need to buy a data cable that has 2 plugs on it and replace the one that is there? My new cable would go to both disk drives? Thanks.
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ejn63
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May 31st, 2017 06:00
SATA cables are single plug at both ends - each SATA device needs a SATA cable (this is not like the older EIDE drive type, where two drives could be attached per cable).
You do need a new SATA cable to attach a new drive.
Robert Willis
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June 2nd, 2017 23:00
Yes you need to purchase cables to install the drives. You will also need to purchase cables that have a 90 degree bend at each end. I just got done adding two 4TB drives to my new 8920 and did not have the correct cables. Mine have straight connectors on both ends.