Now it's time to install the SATA drives. If you can choose among multiple open drive bays, consider cable connections and routing before making your selection. With our test system, for example, it made sense to move the existing ATA drive to a different location to avoid cable-routing problems.
It's often easier to connect the SATA cables to the drive first rather than trying to connect them after you've placed the drive in the bay.
Depending on your PC's chassis design, it may be difficult to connect cables to the rear of the drives once you've secured them in their bays. If so, connect the SATA cables to the rear of the drives first. If you're using front-accessible bays, pass the free ends of the cables through the front of the bay and into the system and install each drive in its bay far enough to allow connection of the power lead. Then secure the drives in their bays. If your chassis design requires screws, make sure to use the ones that the drive manufacturer supplied.As with the drive controller, use your wrist strap or touch a metal surface of your chassis before handling the hard drives and handle the drives only by their edges.
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