Which end for an SATA HD power is female and which end is male?

[spincut]

I'm actually have a little trouble being able to tell and am slightly confused. Can someone show me pictures?

And pleeeease dont make a lame joke about sex ed .

 

[treadstone]

The cable end is the female part and the connector on the HDD is the male end.

 

[spincut]

The cable end is the female part and the connector on the HDD is the male end.

ok are you SURE? do you have a link? Because someone else just told me the opposite and that the cable end is traditionally the male end.

 

[aphasia]

you are really serious about this question?

well it's the connector in the middle of the plug that determines the gender...

 

[True]

Your source is incorrect, and treadstone and aphasia are correct: you take the female plug and plug it into the male connector on the hard drive.

 

[dustNbone]

LOL in all my years I haven't encountered someone with this question.

 

[vkfu]

I once went to a hardware store to buy an aerator for a faucet. The clerk asked me if I needed a male one or a female one. I replied that I didn't really understand plumbing's technical details. After they shared a good laugh, it finally dawned on me.

 

[pwnt]

The Centronics 50 they used in older SCSI system is confusing in this same way

 

[Old Hippie]

ok are you SURE? do you have a link? Because someone else just told me the opposite and that the cable end is traditionally the male end.

Are you for real? LOL!

 

[mtrupi]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_%28connector%29

By the definition used in the link above, the cable plugged onto a motherboard would be a plug, or male. However, in looking around it seems the connector on the SATA cable is usually referred to as female.