What do the different SATA colors mean?

[mpddid]

What do the different SATA colors mean on the Violet motherboard?

There is yellow , blue , light blue and white.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

The colors help identify what sata port it is rather than reading the teeny white lettering on the motherboard.

But if you look at the picture below, you will see that the ports are numbered in the black and white diagram.

The hard drive goes into the SATA 1 port (dark blue).

I believe the DVD drive if applicable goes into the SATA 3 port (light blue).

A second hard drive goes into the SATA 2 port (white).

[Big_Dave]

Hi,

Please state the product number for your PC.

Some of HP's motherboards may only have black and red colors for the SATA connectors. Some motherboards use black for SATA port 0.  Some have only white and black .The color coding is definitely not consistent although the newer motherboards are better at using the same colors for the same port numbers. 

[mpddid]

HP Pavilion p6130F with a (Violet) M2N78-LA.  Product #NY463AA. 

[Big_Dave]

Hi,

These specifications posted by HP should provide you with the information that you require.

Gee Paul, great guess.