what does sata port color means with Dell Inspiron 580?
Plug it into any open SATA port. Dell's documentation provides no reason to pick one over another. In other systems (even 4 port systems - such as my low-end Lenovo server) there might be 3/6 GB/S and/or eSATA by color code, but in this case none of the documentation indicates any difference, so any SATA port should work fine. There's no need to be in sequential order.
magicandre1981
Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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magicandre1981 over 1 year
I got a Dell Inspiron 580 at home. The 4 SATA ports on motherboard are coloured as blue, black, white, black.
See table:
Sata1, Sata2, Sata3, Sata4 Blue black white, black
Does anyone by chance know what the colours mean? What is special about the white?
I googled it but there is no clear answer.
I bought an additional SATA internal hard drive but not sure which port to plug it in.
Thanks,
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Darius about 10 yearsIF you know the motherboard name and model number check with its specifications. Usually different colours mean: dif speeds, RAID slots
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