How to make a spiral SATA cable

Written by sineoc

Saturday, 03 November 2007

 

 

Although SATA cables moved case tidiness light years ahead compared to the IDE ATA cables, there is always room for more improvement. In this "How to" you will see how without any special tools or skills you can take care of all that wiring in your case...

 

This is my answer for the long SATA cable...

What you need:
 
1. SATA cable :)
2. Something long and round (No dirty thoughts - I used a pen :) )
3. 5 minutes :D

 

First you cather all you need:

Then you hold the SATA cable to one side of the pen and start winding like this:




You should hold the cable around the pen for some time, for it ho hold the shape:


Then simply remove the pen and install the cable inside the PC :)



Of course before installing it you should adjust the length accordingly.


That's all, I hope it's useful :)

This guide was written by sineoc.