Modern hard disk drives use a Serial Advanced Technology Attachment or SATA interface to attach to a computer motherboard. SATA drives come in speeds of 1.5 gigabits per second, 3.0 Gbps and 6.0 Gbps.

I just built a new system for myself, and one of the new components is a SATA hard drive (plugged directly into the motherboard, no SATA card). I want to clear up my system and get Windows installed ...

I recently bought two new 74gb WD Raptor SATA boot drives (one was purchased for another comp) to go with my new A64 3000+ CPU and an AOpen AK89 Max mobo. I decided to pay the extra $5 or so from ...

A seemingly simple process, the improper installation of a SATA 7-pin data cable or a 15 Pin SATA power cable can lead to a cascade of problems: intermittent drive failures, corrupted data, boot loops ...

Reader Fred wants to know if a laptop hard drive can be plugged into a desktop PC. “The pin out appears to be the same,” he notes, “but there is no separate power-supply connector.” Short answer: yes.

The PlayStation 4 Pro is fast, but let’s see if we can make it faster. One of the many improvements the PS4 Pro has over the original 2013 console is the capability to support the high-bandwidth SATA ...

Installing a new SSD should be a relatively straightforward process, but there’s a couple of nuisances you may run into. Perhaps the biggest offender is that your SSD decides to do a no-call-no-show ...