UGREEN US217 30796 0.5 m SATA III Data Cable

Overview

The UGREEN US217 (30796) is a 0.5 m internal SATA III data cable for connecting a hard drive, solid state drive (SSD) or optical drive to the motherboard inside a desktop PC. It has a straight 7-pin plug with a metal latch at each end and carries data at up to 6 Gbps. It suits anyone adding or replacing a drive in a desktop, workstation or recorder build.

Is it right for you?

• Suits desktop motherboards and SATA host adapters with an internal 7-pin SATA data socket, and 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch SATA drives.
• Works with SATA III, II and I devices at the speed the two ends negotiate.
• Choose it when the drive and the motherboard socket are within about 0.5 m of each other and there is clearance for straight plugs.
• It is a data cable only: it does not connect USB, USB-C, eSATA, IDE/PATA, SAS, mSATA or M.2 drives, and it does not convert anything.

Key features

• SATA III link up to 6 Gbps, backward compatible with SATA II and SATA I.
• Straight 7-pin plug at each end for conventional internal routing.
• Metal latches that hold the plug in latching SATA sockets and release when pressed.
• Flat, flexible jacket that routes along the case; broad bends keep strain off the sockets.
• Point-to-point: one controller port to one drive.

What else you need

A separate 15-pin SATA power cable from the power supply, because this cable carries data only. The drive and the SATA controller port must be present and enabled.

Installation

Power the PC down before connecting. Push each plug fully home until the latch engages, and press the latch before pulling it out. A loose or half-seated plug can cause resets, errors or missing drives.

Before you buy

• It does not supply drive power, provide RAID or make a drive bootable; those depend on the power cable, controller, BIOS or UEFI and the operating system.
• Hot plugging is not promised; power down before changing internal connections.
• 6 Gbps is the theoretical SATA III rate. The drive itself usually sets the real speed.
• Excess force on the latch can crack the plug or damage the motherboard socket. Stop using a cable with cut insulation, deformed latches or errors that change when the cable moves.
• Drive power cable, controller, drives and tools are not included.