does this come with the SATA cable since it comes in the retail box and is it compatible with windows 8? I was in Frys today looking at the same product and on that box it said cable was included and it was compatible with windows 8. does this come with the SATA cable since it comes in the retail box and is it compatible with windows 8? I was in Frys today looking at the same product and on that box it said cable was included... » Read More does this come with the SATA cable since it comes in the retail box and is it compatible with windows 8? I was in Frys today looking at the same product and on that box it said cable was included and it was compatible with windows 8. « Show Less
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It has been a long time since I have gotten this item. I don't remember if it did or not, and so I'm not able to help you with that. It does say in the description that it comes with a sata cable and a molex to sata power connector and so I believe it does. This drive replaced a defective WH14NS40 14x drive that I got earlier.
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You will need a SATA cable to connect the motherboard to the drive. Most motherboards come with cables. Whether or not that motherboard comes with cables should be listed. The only other cable you need is power but that is attached to your power supply, so you should have one already, unless your power supply is from the 90s
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A regular SATA cable. Available here on Amazon for something like a dollar! :-)
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Hello Customer, I own this device and have had no trouble using it and installing the hard disk drives(s). The first thing that you may want to be sure to know is which type of hard drive you are trying to install. This device will only accept SATA drives. Drives with a wide, 40 pin data connector and a white 4 pin power connector will not work This type of drive is called an IDE and it can be converted into a USB drive by installing it into a case with a wide flat, gray and black connector, data cable and a white, 4 pin power connector. The connectors that are used on a SATA drive are black for the power and a skinny, orange cable with a black connector for SATA. Please note, this device will only accept SATA drives. During the process of installing the SATA drives into this device, place the drive in the top or bottom slot, face up and slide it in to place. You will know when the drive is fully engaged into the connectors when the screw holes on the drive lineup with the holes on the frame that will hold the drives in place. Please note,the drives will only connect properly if inserted into the tray in the right way. Once the drive or drives are installed and screwed down into the frame, insert the frame back into the case and insert the screws to hold the case together. Next, connect the USB cable to the case and connect the power cord and plug the power cord into a working outlet. With the device connected, power up the device and allow a few minutes for the computer to recognize it. If running Windows 7, Vista, 8 or 8.1, and even XP, no special software is needed for this device in order for it to work. After powering on the device, give it a few minutes for the system to recognize it and once recognized, a window will appear showing the drive letter and the drive information. You are ready to drag and drop files and folders onto the new storage drive. Good luck and have fun.
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It comes with 2 sata 6 cables. you need 1 for each hard drive and one for each dvd drive if you only have one of each than you don't need anymore. there are only 2 sata 6 ports, and 4 sata 3 ports. sata 6 cables are backward compatible with 3
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This is the full retail box, complete with screws and SATA cable. HOWEVER, be careful that you get it from Amazon and not a 3rd party seller. Some of the 3rd party sellers have been pulling these drives from external enclosures, and those drives carry NO WARRANTY (they can tell from the serial number on the drive) once removed from their enclosures.
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The question is more of the interface than the OS. I was unable to use my unit as the SATA interface was incompatible. Check your hardware before your software.
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It comes with sata cables. I am not positive about this, but some research I read indicates that there is no performance difference between earlier sata cables and current sata cables.
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You need an "internal" SATA cable. A 12-18 inch cable will do. Look at the route the cable must take, and order one with either straight connectors or L-shaped connectors (one or both ends) as needed.
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reseller kit comes with cables. Mine has desktop installation kit included: SATA power/data cables, mounting bracket and screws. Then again, that's for desktop and you can't use any of those cables on a laptop.
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There are connectors for both USB 3.0 and SATA on this box. From what I understand, you can only have one cable hooked up at a time from the ProBox. ProBox comes with both USB 3.0 and SATA cables.
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Comments from amazon.co.uk:Failed to work properly with an ASUS P6T Deluxe V2 motherboard and various SSD's & HDDs connected. Did not want to work with an SSD attached as a boot disk for Windows 8.1 Update.This is a nice card works in both types of pci slots in my computer. Worked with Windows 8.1 drivers. However, I bought it because I had SATA 1 connections on my motherboard and I thought I would get increased speed upgrading to SATA 3 with this card. However the speed using the SATA 3 card is significantly slower than connecting direct to the motherboard. A bit of a web search indicates that this is quite common. They may be SATA 3 6gb connections but, in practice no way near as fast as the SATA on the m/b. Comments from amazon.co.uk:Failed to work properly with an ASUS P6T Deluxe V2 motherboard and various SSD's & HDDs connected. Did not want to work with an SSD attached as a boot disk for Windows 8.1 Update.This is a nice card works in both types of pci slots in my computer. Worked with Windows 8.1 drivers. However, I bought it because I had SATA 1 connections on my motherboard and I thought I would get increased speed upgrading to SATA 3 with this card. However the speed using the SATA 3 card is significantly slower than connecting direct to the motherboard. A bit of... » Read More Comments from amazon.co.uk:Failed to work properly with an ASUS P6T Deluxe V2 motherboard and various SSD's & HDDs connected. Did not want to work with an SSD attached as a boot disk for Windows 8.1 Update.This is a nice card works in both types of pci slots in my computer. Worked with Windows 8.1 drivers. However, I bought it because I had SATA 1 connections on my motherboard and I thought I would get increased speed upgrading to SATA 3 with this card. However the speed using the SATA 3 card is significantly slower than connecting direct to the motherboard. A bit of a web search indicates that this is quite common. They may be SATA 3 6gb connections but, in practice no way near as fast as the SATA on the m/b. « Show Less
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It attached to my mobo fine. I don't remember specifically but I think it does. I remember that I had to buy additional sata connections. I think this has IDE connectors. It has worked fine since I installed. The old one failed and took me a couple of weeks to determine that my machine would not boot due to its failure.
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A USB 3.0 cable comes with the drive. It is my understanding that USB 3.0 is backwards compatible, but I have USB 3.0 on my machine and have not checked that.
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the SATA port is required to plug into a empty mother board SATA plug for this card to work and come's with a burned disk with just a random 3.0 controller's this card is vary cheap ive been building custom PC's for about 12-14 years and i coundent even get it to work with esata or USB 3.0 i recommend this kind of setup with your rig but not this Generic Combo spend the money to buy a better one that runs out of the PCI express 1X its plenty fast so there's no reason to loss a mother board sata when your trying to expand your PC i Have 8 sata's and Esata im using all of them for my gaming rig & media server so i wasn't able to use this card
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Yes, it will have the SATA cable for data. It will not have a power cable. As another poster commented, the power supply usually comes with myriad cables.
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Mine came with a power cable and usb cable. I used a SATA Drive from an Emachine, and mine works great! Remember, it is just a housing, with the power, usb and cable to hook to the SATA Drive to access the data on the drive. I guess you could use it as an addiotal external drive, depending on what SATA Drive you wish to use in the housing.