SATA Explanation - Ports, Cables, Controllers, Motherboards - What You Need to Know NCIX Tech Tips

[@xadrach]

This guy might be big one day. He's got good tech tips

[@cameronnnnnn]

Ya, we would call his YT channel... ✨Linus Tech Tips✨

[@prakharpant124]

@@dj_saikia woosh

[@thetruthexperiment]

Hahahaha

[@thetruthexperiment]

Wow, they talked about air flow 10 years ago

[@fluffyfluffz584]

@Zenovia talk about ironic.

[@gpburr]

jesus christ I am studying COMPTIA and CISCO and every time I youtube something, linus is there. all of the concepts.

[@marventoma7834]

Very well explained Linus!! You deserve a subscriber

[@hazzardpt]

Linus what about RAID? Is there any benefit from having a SATA6Bbit vs a SATA3Gbit? when running ie: 2 disks in raid 0?

[@josephbatish9476]

what is the number near the sata connector means?

[@videosallnight]

This video tries to make it sound like the locking chips on some SATA connectors "evolved" with the revisions. If you bother to read through these revisions, you will see that there is still no such requirement for a SATA cable, and many cables lacking this feature are on the market today. My experience with SATA connectors on motherboards is that they require substantial pressure to seat, and substantial pull to release. The idea that they disconnect just looking at them is incorrect. I have also found that the locking clips on some cables can be very hard to release, and can even damage the mating connector. Remember that a motherboard is usually inside a commercial case (not just hanging on wires), and is not subject to the handling an external device would receive. Some types of electrical, as well as some other connector types (vacuum, pressure, liquid, etc) have a separate removable (sometimes optional) clamp to hold them on. Too bad it isn't available on SATA.

[@edilloc]

i have ASUS P7P55D vanilla board can i put ssd on these motherboard? pls reply pls

[@Dan-rt6bc]

Woahh Linus looked same for 9 years until a beard is grown

[@chugs1984]

omg - Linus is an imortal! A highlander!

[@Rayyan-if9xg]

Linus is looking like a teenager here 😂

[@piezku]

He always is :D

[@tonyc8925]

probaby still a virgin that time

[@ARat7777]

He still does

[@brusher.production]

Yeah, except his voice still hasnt changed lol

[@yahiryellow1]

nigga look like the ShamWow guy

[@jody024]

LINUS do a new video on this

[@DragonProtector]

agreed and still got ide only system

[@naviddaneshvaran5411]

Thanks, This guy explains with a lot of passion. I appreciate that.

[@tcv_sacred734]

it’s linus afterall

[@ulanos]

I’m legitimately retarded u realise that this comment was made 1 yr ago?

Watching this in 2022 it's just like as if I were in a time machine! From a humble beggining for today's success! It makes me so proud of Linus, man! He never gave up!

[@cameronscott6338]

He's treating those motherboards how I treat my meat

[@martinwest4980]

Cameron Scott he wasn't jerking those boards

[@mauricobian]

He didn't tenderize them though.

[@tomatotom984]

Smol

[@drakeboolin]

hehehe that was funny lol hehehehahaha

[@dranavaque91]

Breaks old SATA port durring demonstration on purpose to show frailty because it is ancient.

[@ralanham76]

It was Ancient in 2011 !!

[@jacoboikv]

Linus, you did it again, you helped me solve a tech problem with a video older than my nephew

[@bmanishap]

Very informative. Thank you !!

[@bru-ri5es]

i dont think htis guy has noticed this video is 9 years old and that person is actually linus tech tips

[@muhammadimanbindeni8018]

@@bru-ri5es yeah I think so too

[@iamthestormthatisapproaching69]

@@bru-ri5es i don't think this user has even noticed the comment

[@billys7519]

Is that windows Vista on the TV in the background....

[@sinajune]

who is watching linus tech tips in 2019 early April YEEEET

[@1ava]

millions of people.

[@PAULAJSCOTT]

You are an outstanding teacher! I love it that I have to pause it every once in a while to catch up--that is rare. Usually when I try to learn stuff on KZbin I have to fast forward to find the ten percent or so of the video that is actually educational. You're a breath of fresh air: you don't waste any time and I bet you've taught more people more efficiently than just about anybody else on KZbin. Thanks for being so generous with your knowledge, and so respectful of your students' time. One a scale of one to five I give you six stars. Thanks again.

[@yashs100]

this video brought me back to the time of RIBBON cables.

[@obfuscated3090]

True, but those fuckers were durable!

[@L2REVOLT]

Excellent show. I'm sure people learned a lot =) Thanks Linus

[@MaskedHeroLucky]

Man, I'm just trying to figure out where the stupid thing connects to.

[@Shoaib1023]

Same lol

[@MaskedHeroLucky]

Victrix. Good luck.

[@tatelidgard5647]

Gotta love the windows vista screen in the background

[@plasmar1]

youtube, do you realize how old this video is????...... why you showing me this?!?!?!?

[@AVdud]

Throughput vs thoroughput...

[@mojoden]

I think you put that throughput thoroughly.

[@bobalue49]

Very informative.Thank You for speaking in a loud clear intelligent voice.

[@amirmohammadjalili2676]

After many years still a great and useful video for noobs like me who are trying to understand the history of computers.Thank you very much Linus

[@BlueTable-t6k]

No way linus is helping me build a pc 13 YEARS LATER 😂😂😂

[@bwan32]

young linus, classic

[@eddgutierrez5811]

I remember when these videos used to look like they come from pbs discovery or national geographics channels

[@AirborneZeik]

Young linus

[@DiDolRuChagi]

Haha I recently just bought a SATA drive. I still use a IDE drive!

[@hungryhungryhummer]

Anyone watching in 2016 when Linus has his own KZbin channel

[@hungryhungryhummer]

2017 update - linus's channel now has terrible thumbnails.

[@tobynott7840]

DarthSmartt they're pretty shit

[@undercoverknucklesagentwhi6815]

lmao, the thumbnails don't matter anyway

[@JoeSmith-ln9rh]

DarthSmartt lol I watched it in 2018

[@ejayasaula]

My new built computer say "Reboot and Select proper Boot device or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device and press a key." What is the problem? I dont have any OS disc yet but is it gonna be fix when I installed windows

[@robertmoyse448]

I don't know, put the disc in?

[@Scudmaster11]

i looking for a mother board with “IDE port , 8gb ram compasity , and a i3 core “ ... IDE is just easier to connect ... 60 - 80 wire are compatible.... and by the way i like IDE and hate SATA

[@MudassirRehman]

in 2019

[@TheProph7]

@sandiegoborn32 yes, it is possible. The PCI-E slot runs at reduced bandwidth though (I believe they officially ran at PCI-E x4 equivalent), even though they were connected electrically as a PCI-E x16 card.Some motherboard makers did this to ease the transition from AGP to PCI-E when consumers first started moving in 2004 and 2005.

[@itpugil]

so does it mean that SATA 1 = 1.5Gbps, SATA 2 = 3.0 Gbps and SATA 3 = 6.0 Gbps?

[@jettangeles156]

Yes. That's what it means.

[@itpugil]

Jett Angeles thanks! :)

[@jettangeles156]

You are very welcome!

[@Onimirare]

what about 3.1 and 3.2?

[@KarlKR_YT]

This video is too old.

[@bungwohlio]

Who’s that nerd? 😂

[@eeee69]

you can rotate a right angle as much as you want to @kiwikoool, but no matter what, it will always be a right angle.

[@adamthomas7332]

Linus looking like a child in this video, who else is here in 2020?

[@Steven-wv3qm]

Great information. Two suggestions - just say SATA 2.0 and SATA 3.0 to make life easier on you and it's throughput, not thoroughput.

[@WerewolfMaster]

The guy talking about SAS is pretty sus. 🤔

[@Mintor94]

Very informative video, greetings from 2021

[@loupgarou7815]

im an old man trying to learn about computers, i really like your videos, what exactly does sata do for your computer, and also i see note books with 32 gb could you run a youtube channel with that small amount of gb, and what would i look for if i am buying a computer just for making youtube channel, thank you i reall enjoy your videos, thanks

[@Tweaky853]

Sata lock is so stupid i forgot about it and broke the plastic

[@theendofit]

anyone else tear up a little when he just broke the mother board on purpus? yah its old but sad...lol jk

[@coleture]

This really helped and made it easy to understand!

[@marcuslin5019]

Hello Linus, need help for the safety issue of using MOLEX 4PIN to SATA power connecter............I bought a computer with an outside PSU brick so if I want to get one more SSD into the system I need to use an adapter to utilize the on-board 4 PIN molex to supply power to the SSD. However, I heard that the molex 4pin to SATA cable catches fire frequently (please kindly google "SATA connector burn", all of them are this kind of adapter cables, which has only 4 wires instead of 5)..............can I get some professional opinion from you guys about this 4pin to sata adapter? Silverstone is still selling it, does is mean it's still reliable?

[@firstnamelastname2552]

He says thorough-put instead of throughput.

[@jimmykelley883]

Outstanding presentation! Thanks!

[@NightWalkerx]

I watch this after 10 years 😂😂

[@ShotokunWulf]

Is this a parallel universe 😃🙃

[@BF3blackstar2e]

So... Whats the biggest length a sata cable can be?

[@jeremyjdl713]

Linus is a vampire. The man hasn’t aged

[@MrBabis911]

What if someone connects a SATA 3Gb/s cable to a SATA 6Gb/s port? Will it just bottleneck to the lowest of SATA 3Gb/s capacity?

[@pollsmor]

babis zerv Yeah, it's backward compatible. It won't magically transport 600MB/s through that cable - still only does 300MB/s.

[@durpyturtle1739]

hello can anybody help me with my issue. when i turned on my pc yesterday everything seemsed fine i logged into my microsoft account on my pc and came to the desktop and saw a huge amount of flickering, blackspots and horizontal lines of black that kept flickering on and off on my monitor, i have had this problem before and have managed to fix it in many cases, but his time i cannot no matter how hard i try, i have taken out my ssd and inspected it, rearranged my sata cables completely and tried every single one that i had on hand, nothing really worked,and i had to keep trying for a while as i managed to get my system up and running fine for a while yesterday, is this an issue with my sata cables or with the ssd i have owned for only a month or so. i am using sata 3 cables because that is what my mobo supports, i have seen quite sharp bends in the sata cables and have corrected them a bit but i fear most of the damage has already been done. if somebody could help me with my issue i would be very grateful. thankyou.

[@jlh5995]

Hey NCIX - thank you for taking the time and effort to product this excellent, easy to understand and follow, video tutorial on SATA I, II & III, and SAS, cable usage and terminology. Keep up the good work!

[@hornedowl_]

Rip

[@ttropicalgamer6634]

ncix went bankrupt rip

[@kornelijekovac9793]

There is no advantage. All SATA will fail you once you move your PC. The problem is in the design of the connector. It can't stand firmly in the socket even when locked, and it will eventually lose contact. Solution is simple - open up you PC and replug it, but watch that torsion force of the cable doesn't pull it too much from the connector axis. I wouldn't want to be on a space mission that is using SATA cables. IDE was approximately 100 times more reliable.

[@blu4able360]

are you an idiot? IDE more reliable than SATA? yeah, maybe at 20mbps but at 40mbps the crosstalk is soooo bad the data is simply lost and sata is superior. SATA is superior in every fucking way, thats why IDE, PATA IS OBSOLETE.

[@kornelijekovac9793]

I've just transfered 40 GB data from one SATA disk to another. Starting at 70 MBps, but it soon fell down to 35 MBps. Those are the speeds I had with PATA drives.They easily managed 40 MBps or if you like it better 320 Mbps. Anyway, reliability is whole different factor. I don't care if SATA is 10x faster, when the cables don't work.

[@Jthegamer0813]

yea guys LMAO get IDE its the best for your gaming rig ...PSHHHH

[@blu4able360]

Jthegamer0813 all the wide and thick ribbon cables help airflow guys!

[@kornelijekovac9793]

He's being ironic, but he doesn't understand that the airflow or the speed of the transfer are not important, when the pins don't make good contact and Windows is signaling you fatal errors.

[@MythWarpathIX]

Im confused af. Im about to get an SSD, and i want to connect it to my SATA 3 Port Gb/s. Do i specifically need a a Sata 3 cable that supports 6Gb/s? Or can i just take a normal cable?

[@dannyk6550]

A "SATA 3 Port" is 6Gb/s.....A "SATA 3Gb/s Port" is a SATA 2 Port. But the cables are cheap and backwards compatible (meaning a SATA 3 cable will work with a SATA 2 or SATA 1 device) so just snag a SATA 3 (6Gb/s) cable or two. And check where you'll hook it up to see if straight-angle or right-angle is best!

[@JamesDobsonMedia]

I had the first motherboard he used. It was really janky as a hybrid board, but It really did have ports for everything.

[@chopperking1967]

I was hoping to learn something that I didn't from the video. I have two hard drives, one is an SSD drive the other is a typical disk/ platter drive. I was hoping to learn if there was a difference between my multiple SATA sockets on my motherboard, so I knew where was best to plug them into.

[@hafengr]

I have a major issue and I am in search of ideas to solve it. I have connected a red Sata Cable to the Sata 1 connector on the motherboard but found it to be to short for use. I tried to pull out the cable but the plastic clip is not working and is not allowing the two small locking tabs to free themselves from the holes to allow the freedom of the cable to be pulled out. I have tried poking at them with several different items and even tried to use needle nose pliers to attempt to squeeze the tab in far enough to disengage the locks. All have failed me. Any suggestions from anyone??? I follow Linus avidly on your tube so fire away at resolutions here.

[@aquakey9834]

i've seen many ppl replace their perfectly working sata cables when they upgraded to a sata3 harddrive. A sata 3gbits cable will work with the exact same efficiency as a sata 6gbits cable, they r infact identical except to a different lable printed on them

[@3RAN7ON]

I love Linus but back in the day did he seriously think it was 'thorough put' and not throughput?

[@ignazsemmelweis4145]

Thanks for a great channel! Just one tip: the word is throughput, not thoroughput.

[@Booshman97]

3gb/s would do the job fine. Best to get a 6gb/s in my opinion if you want to upgrade :)

[@mechmania8450]

Sure do know your stuff.

[@kazuha74]

helps so much I haven't built a computer sense windows 2000 was relevant lol

[@buddyroach]

so i can connect multiple IDES to one esata? i was wanting to build a tower or box that holds 10 IDE hard drives with its own power supply which allows you to connect them to a PC via esata. because motherboards these days either dont support IDEs at all or only have 2 IDE ports at most.

[@nielsanderson4926]

I love the precision with which you explain everything! But my question is very simple and I feel like a moron to ask you! My @fkin locking SATA CABLE! It’s just not possible to remove it from either my harddisk or the motherboard and It’s Actually really stupid because I knew about these things and as soon as I will be able to get it out of my drive and motherboard ! I SHALL TOSS IT IN THE TRASHCAN! I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW TO DO THAT ! AND PLEASE ADVISE EVERYONE TO NEVER EVER USE THESE CRAPPY SATA CABLES

[@ShadowwwLFS]

@srironman1 there's something better than SATA, it's called SAS. ;)

[@windshieldwipers5275]

Linus lookin hot

[@PonchoManOG]

This host should make his own youtube channel.

[@Enclavebasealpha]

Should we tell him?

[@CateChapelle]

I'm not used to hearing Linus's voice not in high quality

[@spooderman7079]

OH GOD IT'S A FETUS LINUS

[@danielcarroll503]

Why oh why does almost everyone pronounce SATA WRONG!!!!! It is SAT AH NOT SAY TUH. PATA was PAT AH NOT PAY TA!!!!! Yikes, lets get it right people!!!!!!

[@CateChapelle]

I'm not used to hearing Linus's voice not in high quality

[@hastingb]

"And SATA connectors break just like this". That's just great Linus, just like you showed us. It's now 12 years later and I'm not going to let you live this one down. Oh wait! Wasn't that your boney butt walking down the stairs to find out you've been totally hacked? 😊😊😊

[@michaelw.becher4424]

My dad just brought me a SATA cable and was like, "what do I use this for?". After watching this video, I'm still not really sure... 😅 Of the different flavors listed, I think this may be a SATA1 cable. #ApparentlyTechnologicallyIlliterate

[@ahnonij8709]

Haha. I'm looking for a different SATA. But this guy is looking different as well. End up watching... Motherboard stuff 😅😅😅

[@RobertLaTuso]

Which is a good PCIe card for adding extra 3.0 SATA ports for installing a Western Digital Black 7200 rpm (6 Gb/s) HDD?

[@lipstickspeedball]

Hey Linus; I need your Expertise to tell what you think. I have Cubase 10 Pro with Toontracks . So you can tell I need A hi Ram and Big Storage Computer for Recording. I have to get a new one because Mine is a I5 Windows 7 Acer and Windows is no longer supporting Windows 7 after January 2020, which is a couple months away. So I need to get a good new one but with Hi Ram and Lots of storage. I like intel allot for Double cores or Quad cores. But , What Computer would you suggest I get . Not Apple. A P.C. is what I am interested in. I found one but it is Esata. I haven't got a clue it if would work good or not.www.walmart.ca/en/ip/Dell-OptiPlex-GX980-Tower-CI5-650-16G-RAM-2T-DVD-WIFI-BT4-0-Win10-Home-EN-FR-Certified-Refurbished-1-YR-Warranty/PRD6YUG6TSOS1ER. This is the computer. Now do you have to use only sata external drives, with this computer. because it has a Esata Hook-Up. Can you help me out first about Esata. If that is in this computer . Does it mean I can use usb external Drive or only sata drives. Or just find a new computer for my needs. Or do you know where to find good recording computers. Hi ram nothing less than 12GB Ram. I want to get nothing less than 16GB Ram with 2 TBS Storage prefer 2 drives "C"Drive & "D"Drive TB each. Do you know of anything good like this Please. And Thanks

[@UltimateRush658]

Hi Linus, I recently tried building my pc.. i purchased a z170 gaming motherboard (Asus), 2 8 GB Ripjaws, Corsair RM 850 power supply, etc.. The thing is I wasnt able to even reach the BIOS.. My motherboard lights turned on, my cooler fan was spanning and graphics card's fan was spinning. Though both fans from GPU and cooler only spun for just a few secs before turning off.. I also had some beeping happening where I would have like 2 beeps ( one long, one short). Any chance you could help me out with this?

[@neelupadhyay581]

My Operating system is Windows 10, x64. my old SATA hdd (160gb, windows xp) not show in device manager, diskpart, not even in My Computer. Only show in bios setting. i changed cable. so please tell me what is the problem. which cable i have to used for it.

[@TheSmilePerson]

This was literally uploaded 11 years ago when people were upgrading from the previous port to SATA. Now in 2022 people are upgrading from SATA to NVMe.

[@richnorman7058]

Help - You make great videos - Anybody can jump in on this one. This is going to sound stupid, but it's making me feel stupid too. MY HP only has two tiny little 4 pin connectors on the motherboard for SATA power. One SATA to each. Even smaller than the Floppy plugs. Basically identical to fan connectors. What the ........... do I have? I need another power source. The next question will be why there's no "normal" psu....but I only want to feel stupid once in the same day. Thanks.

[@danielcarroll503]

Clarifying: SAT-uh or PAT-uh not Say-Tuh or Pay-Tuh. How anyone can get PAY out of SAT makes me wonder where they learned the english language????? Lord help us.

[@DialthebarSoap]

I accidentally dropped my laptop and now it stopped working. I've checked everything inside and everything was still intact and haven't lost anything. Took out the HDD and placed it on a different laptop to see if the HDD was the problem. It still works. I tried swapping both HDD to further prove my guess. So far I think the problem was the socket from the motherboard(?) And I don't know exactly whats the name you call that socket but do you think that's replaceable? I might just try to buy one online and hopefully I could fix it.

[@Michael-es5pf]

I have a question for the community: I have an XP computer with SATA 1 connections. Does it specifically need SATA 1 cables, or will the later versions work as well?

[@sam477251]

Hi Linus, that explains a lot, need little help, I have a intel dh67bl motherboard+ core i7 2600 and wd caviar green 2tb sata /64mb cache problem is I am not able to install any OS on this HDD when pluged in any sata port.

[@szabiakanich]

Great video. I just subscribed. You're doing a great job at explaining things. Keep it up.

[@brianbrewster6532]

4:30. It's pronounced THro͞oˌpo͝ot for THROUGHPUT, not thor-oh-put as you misread on your cue cards, Linus.

[@informediatech-bruno5766]

he is at linus tech tips wich is part of LINUS MEDIA GROUP hes doing well, i spend at least 5 hour a day watching him from portugal , and im straight ....

[@moonlitfoxling8448]

So I recently got my computer and shipped it overseas already built, and got a lot of parts I have to personally plug in, including the sata cables, Wi-Fi receiver it comes with, and a few other cables that I'm not too sure about. My first time looking at this and already overwhelmed by only a few things

[@ShotAllowed]

Thanks very helpful

[@monicamafefe17]

You are from repairing the CPU of a computer. The computer fails to boot upon switching it ON. Explain the probable causes and the steps you would take to rectify the problem?

[@kurtlittlewood4279]

Excellent, but what about 12v and 5v power delivery? do the sata cables do this? help please

[@oKacz]

My Corsair h150i requires this out of the commander core. It will not power on. I believe it is hooked to sata 4 wire instead of 5. Would that affect anything?

[@VishalKSingh-dc1cv]

There's a molex female connector on my 2.5 hdd along with SATA... The SATA data connector is rusted But what is the molex connector for exactly can I use it for data transfer and how to use it?