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Why didn't you just leave the original SATA cable there? They all do the same thing.

Because for clean wiring, a 90 degree cable was best. I didn't want to change out the cable for another cable, but since it didn't fit, I really didn't have a choice.

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Originally Posted by CDsDontBurn

Thanks :).

BTW, the SATA cable (now white) has been replaced 3 times already. Originally it was a red SATA cable when I had just the optical drive there. Then when I added the 250GB HDD, it was the black one. And now that I've swapped out the HDD for the SSD, it's now that white one. I wonder what it will be next :-P.

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I got some orange ones

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Originally Posted by CDsDontBurn

Because for clean wiring, a 90 degree cable was best. I didn't want to change out the cable for another cable, but since it didn't fit, I really didn't have a choice.

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Except the white one isn't 90 degree.....

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Originally Posted by PP Mguire

Except the white one isn't 90 degree.....

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Right. Which is why it now fits. The 90 degree one was making contact with the optical drive after I installed the SSD. That is the reason why I needed a straight SATA cable instead of a 90 degree one.

Oh I thought you were trying to say you changed it so it would be 90 degrees. I was like...it isn't?

You could have went up two holes behind the drive cage and had the white cable go that way instead. Kinda sticks out now.

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Originally Posted by PP Mguire

Oh I thought you were trying to say you changed it so it would be 90 degrees. I was like...it isn't?

You could have went up two holes behind the drive cage and had the white cable go that way instead. Kinda sticks out now.

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Yea it does. Not very happy with the cable sticking out like that now, but it's the only way that really works. And I'd need to get a longer SATA cable for that. The one that's there now barely has any slack as it is.