Swapping SATA data cable

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jmaster4d

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I have a question. I have a new pc that has extra drive space for another hard drive inside. I still have my old pc that also used a sata hard drive. Can I disconnect the sata data cable from my old pc's motherboard and connect that same data cable onto my new pc's motherboard for use with my old hard drive?
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavilion Slimline s3500f desktop pc
    CPU
    AMD Athlon 64 X2 5400+ 2.8 Ghz Dual Core Processor
    Motherboard
    M2N61-AR rev.1.2 Asus
    Memory
    4GB DDR2 SDRAM
    Graphics card(s)
    Integrated Nvidia Geforce 6150SE nforce 430 L2 Cache 1.0MB
    Sound Card
    Integrated Realtek ALC888S 6 channel HD Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    VGA and DVI widescreen LCD Monitor
    Screen Resolution
    640 x 480 - 60Hz
    Hard Drives
    500GB Serial ATA-300 3.5" 7200.0 rpm model:ST3500620AS SuperMulti 16X DVD(+/-)R/RW 12X RAM (+/-) R DL LightScribe SATA drive model:ATAPI DVD A DH16A6L
    PSU
    160W
    Case
    Slimline
    Cooling
    Amatech Copper Base/Aluminum Heat Sink & 2.75" Fan 4-pin con
    Mouse
    HP PS/2 optical mouse
    Keyboard
    HP PS/2 multimedia keyboard
    Internet Speed
    Cable High-Speed Broadband
You're just talking about unplugging the SATA cable from the mobo aren't you? If so, there's no reason why you can't do that if the new mobo supports SATA and there's empty connections.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Operating System
    Vista Home Premium 64 bit SP2
    Manufacturer/Model
    Cyberpower
    CPU
    Intel Quad CPU Q6700 2.67 GHZ
    Motherboard
    NVIDIA 780i
    Memory
    4 GB
    Graphics card(s)
    MSI GTX 560 TI Twin Frozr
    Sound Card
    Sound Blaster SB Audigy
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Viewsonic VG2436
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080p
    Hard Drives
    Samsung HD 105SI WDC WD20
    Case
    Apevia XJupiter
    Cooling
    air
    Mouse
    Logitech MX 600
    Keyboard
    Logitech MX 3200
    Internet Speed
    30 Mbps
Yes. On the HP website it says my motherboard has six SATA 3.0 connectors (specifically what does that mean?). And I opened it up a while ago and saw that the motherboard had at least 2 other Sata ports on the motherboard that aren't used.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavilion Slimline s3500f desktop pc
    CPU
    AMD Athlon 64 X2 5400+ 2.8 Ghz Dual Core Processor
    Motherboard
    M2N61-AR rev.1.2 Asus
    Memory
    4GB DDR2 SDRAM
    Graphics card(s)
    Integrated Nvidia Geforce 6150SE nforce 430 L2 Cache 1.0MB
    Sound Card
    Integrated Realtek ALC888S 6 channel HD Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    VGA and DVI widescreen LCD Monitor
    Screen Resolution
    640 x 480 - 60Hz
    Hard Drives
    500GB Serial ATA-300 3.5" 7200.0 rpm model:ST3500620AS SuperMulti 16X DVD(+/-)R/RW 12X RAM (+/-) R DL LightScribe SATA drive model:ATAPI DVD A DH16A6L
    PSU
    160W
    Case
    Slimline
    Cooling
    Amatech Copper Base/Aluminum Heat Sink & 2.75" Fan 4-pin con
    Mouse
    HP PS/2 optical mouse
    Keyboard
    HP PS/2 multimedia keyboard
    Internet Speed
    Cable High-Speed Broadband
The8re are 2 types of SATA standards, SATA 3.0G and SATA 2 6.0G

Ys you can just plug it in, but you do know your old os wion't work.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Dual L5639 // i7 950 @ 4.0Ghz
    Motherboard
    Evga SR-2 // Gigabyte x58a-ud3r
    Memory
    12Gig Corsair XMS3 // 6Gig OCZ Gold
    Graphics card(s)
    gtx 560 ti // gtx 260-216
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dual 22" // Headless
    Hard Drives
    OCZ aGILITY 3, 120Gig + Seagate 500Gig x 2
    PSU
    Silverstone da700 // Corsair 520hx
    Case
    Rosewill BlackHawk Ultra // Antec 900v1
    Cooling
    Twin CM Hyper 212+ // Noctua NH-u12
    Other Info
    Acer 8930 laptop with x9100...

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell
    CPU
    Q6600
    Memory
    4GB
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HP w2207h
    Hard Drives
    2x250GB HDDs 1x60GB OCZ SSD 6 external disks 60 to 640GBs
    Other Info
    Also 1xHP desktop, 1xHP laptop, 1xGateway laptop
My Sata data transfer was 3.0Gb/s and IIRC was Sata 2. I'm not sure if I can disconnect it off now I was trying to and the damn clip broke off! :mad:
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavilion Slimline s3500f desktop pc
    CPU
    AMD Athlon 64 X2 5400+ 2.8 Ghz Dual Core Processor
    Motherboard
    M2N61-AR rev.1.2 Asus
    Memory
    4GB DDR2 SDRAM
    Graphics card(s)
    Integrated Nvidia Geforce 6150SE nforce 430 L2 Cache 1.0MB
    Sound Card
    Integrated Realtek ALC888S 6 channel HD Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    VGA and DVI widescreen LCD Monitor
    Screen Resolution
    640 x 480 - 60Hz
    Hard Drives
    500GB Serial ATA-300 3.5" 7200.0 rpm model:ST3500620AS SuperMulti 16X DVD(+/-)R/RW 12X RAM (+/-) R DL LightScribe SATA drive model:ATAPI DVD A DH16A6L
    PSU
    160W
    Case
    Slimline
    Cooling
    Amatech Copper Base/Aluminum Heat Sink & 2.75" Fan 4-pin con
    Mouse
    HP PS/2 optical mouse
    Keyboard
    HP PS/2 multimedia keyboard
    Internet Speed
    Cable High-Speed Broadband
In regards to the old OS not working, it will work if you shutdown and unplug the new hard drive.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Operating System
    Vista Home Premium 64 bit SP2
    Manufacturer/Model
    Cyberpower
    CPU
    Intel Quad CPU Q6700 2.67 GHZ
    Motherboard
    NVIDIA 780i
    Memory
    4 GB
    Graphics card(s)
    MSI GTX 560 TI Twin Frozr
    Sound Card
    Sound Blaster SB Audigy
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Viewsonic VG2436
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080p
    Hard Drives
    Samsung HD 105SI WDC WD20
    Case
    Apevia XJupiter
    Cooling
    air
    Mouse
    Logitech MX 600
    Keyboard
    Logitech MX 3200
    Internet Speed
    30 Mbps
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