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Connecting Internal SATA HDD to eSATA

On my CPU (i7 920 2.66ghz) I have 6 ports for hooking up hard drive cd/dvd etc. I believe they are referred to as or RAID eSATA (they are not IDE). However, on the back of my computer (usb/tv adapter etcc..) there are 2 ports that are ORANGE, that say SATA. Currently, the cable that my hard drive came with does not fit in the ORANGE SLOT! I am confused on what the differences are, my goal is to connect my hard drive to he ORANGE SLOT. I posted some pictures so you guys can see what I am dealing with:

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So on my CPU (i7 920 2.66ghz) I have 6 ports for hooking up hard drive

Sounds like your motherboard (which has a socket for the CPU) has six SATA ports. Make sure your BIOS has these ports properly configured (e.g. not RAID).

The orange colored ports are eSATA ports for hot-plugging SATA devices.

For your PC's internal drives, use the six SATA ports. For external drives, obtain an eSATA cable.

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