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Methadras

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A buddy of mine gave me his old SSD card to try out. The problem is, is that he nor I have the sata cable anymore to plug it in. I've googled some stuff, but i'm fairly new to ssd's do I need a special connector or are there any off the shelf styles that I can buy?
 
No, a normal SATA cable is all that is required. Well, that and a SATA power plug.

Edit: Wait, what do you mean by SSD card? Is it in a drive form factor, or is it like a PCI/PCIe card?
 
If it's a normal desktop SSD, it'll use a standard SATA cable that you have for HDDs. Some models made for laptops specifically will have a mini-SATA connector. If you can, post a pic of the connections here and we'll be able to tell you for sure.
 
Forceman said:
No, a normal SATA cable is all that is required. Well, that and a SATA power plug.

Edit: Wait, what do you mean by SSD card? Is it in a drive form factor, or is it like a PCI/PCIe card?
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Sorry. I wasn't clear. It's an intel 80gig ssd drive.
 
SicKlown42012 said:
If it's a normal desktop SSD, it'll use a standard SATA cable that you have for HDDs. Some models made for laptops specifically will have a mini-SATA connector. If you can, post a pic of the connections here and we'll be able to tell you for sure.
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I think it's a mini-SATA now that I look at the drive. I'll try to get a picture up soon.
 
If it's an Intel and 2.5", it uses the regular SATA connector. The 1.8" is the one that needs the micro-SATA connector, and you can buy adapters so make it usable in a desktop.
 
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Thi is what you need.

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