The 40 pin connector you got is the default shit for most hardrives, the new hardrive you have might need a cord that has a strip on it, like a strip on the side of a matress idk what its called I forgot, but thats weird that the hardrive doesnt support the connector you already have, the smaller port to the right is the power supply, and the little one on the left you dont necessarily have to connect it depends, its some audio shit with the motherboard, atleast thats how mine was.

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damn do u work at radioshack

Nah hes just lame as fuck.

SHUT THE FUCK UP BITCH ASS NIGGA, I JUS CAME FROM RADIOSHACK THEY DONT HAVE THE CORD THEY DONT EVEN KNOW WHAT I NEED THEY SED GO 2 BEST BUTY FUCKIN DUMBASS

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that first pic is the power supply to your mother board i believe...you have the wrong power connector

no thas not the power supply the power supply is on the other end and only has four slots

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then your gonna need an adapter...

what kind, give me a lik or sumthin so i can order it

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oy man I can help you but i need more info.

That connector in the first pic is a data cable..

I can barely see anything to gauge where I am, so tell me a bit more.

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oy on the hard drive does it say SATA?

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http://www.newegg.com/

seach on here

word i thought it was ribbon cable...the end looks like it but the actuall cable didnt

fuck i shoulda payed attention in computer repair

Youre taking too long and I have to go soon...

So heres the possible problems I can think of:

- You are stupid. The REAL place to plug that cord in is on one of the short sides of the hard drive, next to where to plug the 4 pinned power cable.

-Your computers motherboard is compatible with Serial ATA(SATA) hard drives, and the hard drive you bought is an IDE hard drive. You should maybe just return the HDD and get one with the right plug.

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