Dear Ron,
New MOBO are usually bundled with the minimum accesorries. The one SATA 
cable is for one harddisk. If you intend to put in additional harddisk then 
you have to buy addtional SATA cables. Nowadays, new MOBO can support 2 or 4 
SATA harddisk. Please refer to your manual.

Rgds

-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Harris <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 18:29:57 -0800
Subject: [PCBUILD] OEM Hard Drive and a brand new MOBO still need the 
cables?

> I bought a retail MOBO that came with 1 SATA cable for my hard drive
> which is indeed SATA. This is the Hard drive I bought
>    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144415
>    
>   My question is if that one SATA cable that came with my MOBO is
> sufficient enough for hooking it up (Besides the power supply)
> 
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