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How To Install a Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Drive

on December 10, 2009 2:33 pm in Gadgets, Hardware / no comments

Do you want to replace your hard drive with a SATA hard drive? Installing a new SATA hard drive with a clean install? This tutorial guides you through installing and configuring a new drive in a computer. A new large hard drive gives you the space and speed you need.

SATA drives are very easy to install. Unlike IDE drives, SATA drives, missing jumpers, indicating that the slave or master’s money. The only jumper on some SATA drives in addition to the interface that combines the power and data cables. This jumper is used for SATA drives into force, 150 MB s mode.

By default, these drives are 300 MB s while SATA interfaces on older motherboards, you need to set the drive to 150 MB s

Each SATA drive will have its own cable. This cable will connect to the motherboard. The SATA ports on the motherboard will have a numbering from 0 or 1.

An example is the SATA-0, which is the first drive) (usually the boot drive for the computer. If the lowest number SATA port on the motherboard is 1, this is your boot drive.

Remember, hard drives are fragile. Not drop or push the hard drive. Handle the drive down only on the edges and make sure are static free. Wear a bracelet off, if possible, always the device and unplugged.

The drive will fit in the cases 3.5 “cage inside the computer case. Use the four screws and unplug the drive where the screws are just comfortable. The drive label should be mounted with the connections shown on the back of the unit at.