Help! SATA cable won't fit in Samsung 840 Evo

Bellaflica · Apr 19, 2014

Hello Tom's,

I'm nearly done building my PC, but the SATA cables that came with my Corsair AX 760 won't fit in my 500GB Samsung Evo.

I tried other SATA cables but same issue. Twice the SATA cable plugged in like 1/5th of the way, but it wouldn't go any further.

I really have no idea what to do at this point, can anyone help?

Thanks

ThatVietGuy · Apr 19, 2014

Are you sure the notching lines up on the cable and the drive?

Bellaflica · Apr 19, 2014

Yeah I'm quite sure, I just tried plugging in the SATA cable into the optical drive, and AGAIN it didn't fit.

Did Corsair give me crappy SATA cables? I don't understand no one else seems to have had this problem

ThatVietGuy · Apr 19, 2014

Pics of the cable and how it fits in the drives?

I've never heard of cables that don't fit in the manner you're talking about.

Ubrales · Apr 19, 2014

If you tried multiple SATA cables and none of them fit then there is a problem with the SATA drive. During molding there might be a burr or mold flash that was not removed during production. Inspect the SATA port on the SSD and compare it ti other SATA ports on other hard drives (or SSD drives) abd see whether there is a difference. If the SATA molded port is bad start an RMA.

Bellaflica · Apr 19, 2014

I'm using an iPhone can I still upload pics? I don't see an option to.

I don't think it's the SATA drive as the same problem occurs with my optical drive.

Ubrales · Apr 19, 2014

Bellaflica :

That means you have some badly molded SATA cables connector ends.

Bellaflica · Apr 19, 2014

Yeah that's what I was starting to think. Uhhg so lame it came with 3 SATA cables how did they fk them all up lol.

What do I do can I buy SATA cables with ease or do I need to contact Corsair?

ThatVietGuy · Apr 19, 2014

You can buy cables from www.newegg.com

Bellaflica · Apr 19, 2014

Think they'd have it at Best Buy/Fry's?

Bellaflica · Apr 19, 2014

LOL omg I just manned up and shoved it in there and it actually fit. I didn't think it would require so much force. Sorry for wasting your time guys it's my first build. I do appreciate the help though.

Ubrales · Apr 19, 2014

Bellaflica :

What you did is much better than using brute force and breaking something!

Bellaflica · Apr 19, 2014

Thanks mate have a good day/night.

unksol · Apr 19, 2014

the cables he refers to have to be the SATA POWER cables as what he references is a corsair POWER supply. of course a power supply does not come with SATA data cables. no he can not just buy the custom modular cables at newegg.

this appears to be a case of extreme user error. obviously he could not have tried "other" SATA cables when we are talking about the power supply. he's just trying to plug it in completely wrong

Bellaflica · Apr 19, 2014

Wait what? I honestly have no clue what you're talking about. I wasn't using the SATA data port I was trying to plug in the SATA power plug into the power port, and had some trouble as I thought it would fit easier.

But anyway, do I need those data ports you are taking about or is that just for data transfer?

Ubrales · Apr 20, 2014

Every hard disk needs two cables. One is the SATA power cable, and the other is the SATA data cable. These are very different cables.

SATA data cable: http://www.monoprice.com/Product?c_id=102&cp_id=10226&cs_id=1022601&p_id=8775&seq=1&format=2

SATA power cable: http://www.monoprice.com/Product?c_id=102&cp_id=10226&cs_id=1022604&p_id=8794&seq=1&format=2 (with this cable you can supply power up to four SATA devices - daisy chaining).

Bellaflica · Apr 20, 2014

Yeah I realized that xD. I put all the SATA cords in appropriately, but when I finally turned on my PC it didn't display anything :/

Ubrales · Apr 20, 2014

The SATA power connector is slightly harder to engage. Make sure that the connectors are well mated with the SATA devices and there should be no gap between the SATA connector and the device. Ditto for the SATA data cables.

Bellaflica · Apr 20, 2014

Yep I think it's in all the way, but I'll double check after sleep. I think the problem may be my video card or CPU cus when my computer turned on the GPU didn't light up but all my fans were running and mobo was lit up

Ubrales · Apr 20, 2014

Bellaflica :

The graphics card is a little harder to plug into the PCI slot - and the latch at the right-hand end (when facing the card) must be engaged. Be very careful when you try to unplug this card. When you unplug the graphics card the latch must be physically dis-engaged, then the card can be pulled out.

Bellaflica · Apr 20, 2014

I mean I think I put it in all the way. I tried more than once to push it in more and it just started to bend the mobo so Idk could my CPU make there be no display or light on the GPU?

Ubrales · Apr 20, 2014

The graphics card has its own power (6-pins) input that must be plugged in.

Bellaflica · Apr 20, 2014

Well I plugged in a 6 pin and an 8 pin I think. It's PCI-E x16. Is that correct or should I try plugging in just 6-pin? It's a gtx 780ti

Ubrales · Apr 20, 2014

Bellaflica :

This graphics card takes two 8-pins power inputs. Make sure you use PCI power cables. Your PSU manual will explain.

Bellaflica · Apr 20, 2014

Hmm I might've missed that actually. I used PCI cables but there were 2 pins I didn't use cus I didn't see space for them on the GPU. I'll check when I wake up (it's 6 am for me xD).

Thanks a lot for your help mate

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