there are 2 connections I can use on the hard drive I have. both are the same general shape as the sata cable, but one is bigger. am I supposed to have a cable for the larger connection or is that one supposed to be empty? I know in my laptop both connectors plug in but I don't have a larger connector for this one. Thanks
Hard drive sata connector
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- Apr 22, 2009
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If it is a conventional HDD, the larger header is for the SATA power connection and the smaller header is for the SATA data connection.
http://img.tomshardware.com/us/2005/11/23/pc_interfaces_101/hdd_sata_connected2.jpg
http://img.tomshardware.com/us/2005/11/23/pc_interfaces_101/hdd_sata_connected2.jpg
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