When outfitting a workstation with a new internal hard disk that requires a 6 Gb/s connection to match both the drive and motherboard ports, which type of cable should the technician choose for installation?
An 8-conductor twisted-pair cable terminated with an RJ-45 plug
An adapter cable with a reversible 24-pin connector
A data cable with two 7-pin L-shaped connectors
A 4-pin to 15-pin power adapter commonly used for legacy drives
A third-generation SATA data cable supports 6 Gb/s and terminates in two keyed, L-shaped 7-pin plugs that fit the SATA headers on the motherboard and the drive. Twisted-pair network cables with RJ-45 plugs carry Ethernet traffic and cannot connect to storage devices. Molex-to-SATA adapters deliver power, not data. A reversible 24-pin USB-C cable is designed for external connections or docking solutions rather than internal drive interfaces.
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