Lesser SATA power connectors from SMPS and more Drives needing SATA power
harshilsharma63
DIY FTW!
You can get molex to sata converters.
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ajayritik
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My bro who is into hardware suggested me not to go for the power splitters. Harshil where can I get these? I tried checking these online but couldn't find one.
Are these safe/advisable?
harshilsharma63
DIY FTW!
Power splitters and molex to sata converters are entirely different things.
This is what you brother is talking about:
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And this is a molex to sata converter:
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You can make your own molex to sata converter: [url=*www.erodov.com/forums/how-make-your-own-sata-molex-4-pin-connector/37078.html]How To/Make Your Own SATA to Molex 4 Pin Connector[/url]
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ajayritik
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harshilsharma63
DIY FTW!
> The one Mario posted lets you connect two HDD from a single molex port; something I don't recommend.
> What I mentioned was the one which allows you to run just 1 HDD with a single molex.
> the ebay link states a price of 210 which is extremely extremely expensive for a pair of ports connected with some wires. trust me, the company would have manufactured it for less than 10 rupees.
> You can easily salvage old ports (malox and sata) from old PSU's or your, of friends or from local pc shops and buid a converter yourself.
> I would never ever pay Rs. 210 for a molex to sata converter even if it's the last piece in the world.
Exactly, if you get something of this type, connect only ONE hdd using this, not two just because it has the provision.
Again, +1. Too expensive. Search locally. I saw another one on eBay which was priced above 1.5K bucks, probably imported...but pity the n00b who is gonna buy that!
i bought one molex to single sata power connector for Rs.30 from local pc repair/assembly shop 1 year ago.my suggestion is use it to connect your dvd drive though it should be fine for hdd too(i am running one).
No need to be sorry even if you sound nooby and you are NOT sounding nooby at all!
Do you have any external enclosures lying about? or one that may be borrowed from a friend who does not use it any more? I rarely use the ODD any more, so if you also rarely use it, maybe you can use the DVD reader "externally" during those times. On the other hand, if you use it heavily (like make DVD backups on a weekly/monthly basis), then this option is not recommended (i.e., running internal stuff externally via USB).Just suggesting...
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ajayritik
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Not clear with what you are suggesting here.
From what I understood, you want to run your SATA ODD and your SATA HDD parallely. But you have just one SATA power outlet.
So, I am suggesting that if you do not make heavy use of the ODD and only use it occasionally, and if an external SATA enclosure is available with you or any friend who does not use it much, then you can take the ODD out of your cabinet and put it in the enclosure and use it via USB as and when required.
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ajayritik
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Gotcha! You are right I don't use the Optical Drive as much these days except for the occassional DVD burn. Now the next question is where should I look for an external enclosure.
Ok, if you don't have one handy, forget it..because it would cost at least 400~500 bucks and the molex-sata converter would come for a tenth of its price.
Why not just take the ODD out and insert it when you need to burn something? I know its slightly inconvenient but you save money as well as manage to NOT use these stop-gap solutions which might harm your HDD/ODD/system.
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ajayritik
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Whenever I remove the HDD power connection and connect the Optical Drive the drives are get rearranged and once I remove the ODD and connect the HDD the drives are different due to which I have to once again reload the torrents.
Buy that converter locally or take the ODD out man. Thats what I can say.
you should have mentioned this earlier since solution is so easy & which i am using for many years now.go to disk management & right click on disk/drive & select "change drive letter/path".assign the desired drive letter & it will not change for that drive on that system.