What do the different colours of the SATA ports on my motherboard mean?
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I've bought a new hard drive for my system, and my motherboard (an ASUS M2A VM HDMI) appears to have two black and two red SATA ports, with the existing hard drive and DVD drive plugged into the red ones. I'm having a fair bit of difficulty in getting a clear answer from the internet what, if anyth…
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It really depends on your motherboard - there is no standardization as to what colors mean for SATA ports on different motherboards. You will have to refer to the manual that came with your motherboard for clearer identification. Commonly, SATA port…
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