Dell XPS missing plug (help!)

[kennakenna]

So I partially took apart my Dell XPS (8700?) To clean some dust out. Then I began putting it back together and all was good until I realized I took this yellow cable out and I have no idea where it goes. The other end is plugged next to the graphics card and I remember the other part being somewhere next to the Mobo. Maybe on it? But I don't see plug that could fit where I thought it would. Any ideas?

[Mr.Humble]

That's a SATA cable, one end goes to the motherboard, one to a hard drive

[SirBillyMays]

It looks to me like you are holding a sata-cable. It could plausibly connect to harddrives, solid-state drives, or Disc readers/writers.

[TheGlenlivet]

Either a hard drive or an optical (Disc) drive should get that plugged into it.  Like the red cable in the pic here.

[kennakenna]

6 minutes ago, SirBillyMays said:

It looks to me like you are holding a sata-cable. It could plausibly connect to harddrives, solid-state drives, or Disc readers/writers.

Would it be the reason why the computer doesn't turn on? Also I already have this orange cable in for the hard drive. 

[davidna2002]

you need one of those cables plugged into each hard drive.  and from your last picture you also need to connect the power cable to the drive which is right next to the yellow cable.  the cables are notched so you cant really plug them in wrong.  if the system has no power then you need to make sure the mobo power and cpu power cables are connected.

[bgibbz]

4 minutes ago, kennakenna said:

Would it be the reason why the computer doesn't turn on? Also I already have this orange cable in for the hard drive. 

Yes. You need to plug in the second sata cable. One is power, and the other is data. You don't have the power cable plugged in. 

[knightslugger]

6 minutes ago, kennakenna said:

Would it be the reason why the computer doesn't turn on? Also I already have this orange cable in for the hard drive. 

OK, so you have Data going to the HDD, now you need power. Specifically SATA power. without it, the HDD will not spin, ergo the computer will not boot up.

[kennakenna]

4 minutes ago, knightslugger said:

OK, so you have Data going to the HDD, now you need power. Specifically SATA power. without it, the HDD will not spin, ergo the computer will not boot up.

Is this correct?

[Mr.Humble]

3 minutes ago, kennakenna said:

Is this correct?

 

Spoiler

 

Yes.

[TheGlenlivet]

Should boot up now.

 

[iRileyx]

2 minutes ago, kennakenna said:

Is this correct?

Yep, should work fine now aslong as everything else is okay.

Also can people not quote pictures, ty.

[knightslugger]

4 minutes ago, kennakenna said:

Is this correct?

Yes it is.

Now the yellow cable likely plugs into another HDD or the Opitcal drive (DVD drive / cupholder)

 

also, now you need to plu in the motherboard connector. It's located right next to your RAM, Large while connector. I think it says PWR.

[davidna2002]

2 minutes ago, kennakenna said:

Is this correct?

see that big white plug sticking up from the mobo next to the RAM.  you need to connect that as it is the main power plug to the mobo and you comp wont turn on w/o it connected.

[iRileyx]

1 minute ago, davidna2002 said:

see that big white plug sticking up from the mobo next to the RAM.  you need to connect that as it is the main power plug to the mobo and you comp wont turn on w/o it connected.

If thats a 24pin its the strangest i've ever seen...

[Mr.Humble]

1 minute ago, RKRiley said:

Yep, should work fine now aslong as everything else is okay.

Also can people not quote pictures, ty.

Sorry, meant to mark it as a spoiler, already edited.

[Mr.Humble]

1 minute ago, RKRiley said:

If thats a 24pin its the strangest i've ever seen...

Apparently it is (picture n.4 in the original post)

[knightslugger]

3 minutes ago, RKRiley said:

If thats a 24pin its the strangest i've ever seen...

It's Dell. just go with it.

[TheGlenlivet]

Geez OP, how much stuff did you unplug in there...?

[iRileyx]

3 minutes ago, vojta.pokorny said:

Apparently it is (picture n.4 in the original post)

Ah yeah I somehow missed that, i thought he meant the wire with the white bit on it  which looking at the other pictures is just a label ;-;

[kennakenna]

4 minutes ago, knightslugger said:

It's Dell. just go with it.

Yeah there's no such thing as cable management in this thing.

[kennakenna]

10 minutes ago, davidna2002 said:

see that big white plug sticking up from the mobo next to the RAM.  you need to connect that as it is the main power plug to the mobo and you comp wont turn on w/o it connected.

Thank you! It booted up

[kennakenna]

6 minutes ago, TheGlenlivet said:

Geez OP, how much stuff did you unplug in there...?

There's honestly just a bunch of left over cables in there that are not used. Don't know why theres so many extra!

[davidna2002]

4 minutes ago, kennakenna said:

There's honestly just a bunch of left over cables in there that are not used. Don't know why theres so many extra!

they are there for expansion and can be left unplugged no problem.