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i am trying to find a CD/DVD burner that will work with my motherboard the only problem is that it comes with a SATA wire and a power plug when i put SATA into newegg and tigerdirect it only came up with versions of the CD/DVD drive with just the SATA wire. someone plz help it will be appreciated thank you

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Can you explain what you mean by "the only problem is that it comes with a SATA wire and a power plug"?

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appartenly there are two different kinds of sata cables one is the power and information and on is just for information, my motherboard doesnt support a ribbion cable but the power plug is a 4 prong insert, i cant find one with the sata wire and the 4 pronged plug

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What motherboard do you have? Does your PSU have SATA power connectors? If not, then you need a cable like this: http://www.pccables.com/01619.htm. You could also use a cable like http://www.cooldrives.com/seatacapoand.html.

If your PSU provides a SATA power cable, then all you need is a SATA data cable that meets your requirements: http://www.cooldrives.com/sa7pinca28wi.html, http://www.cooldrives.com/seatasalacau.html or whatver cable type you prefer (angled at both ends, only at one end or no angles).

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thank you very much man as always if i post on toms hardware i usally get the best responses thank you again

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