Molex to Sata power cable
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From: Derk on 23 Nov 2009 17:06 Hi, I want to add a Sata HD to my Sata compatible system, but I know little about hardware. I found out that a free power cable has a Molex power connector and I found an adapter cable online, that's described as a "5.25" Molex to Sata adapter cable". I was wondering about the 5.25" description: the free cable's Molex connector in my sytem looks much smaller than 5.25". IS it a wrong cable? TIA! Derk
From: peter on 23 Nov 2009 17:51 How about 5.25" LONG!! they do come on various lenghts and yes a Molex to Sata adaptor is what you need here is a 6" example http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812123119 peter -- If you find a posting or message from me offensive,inappropriate or disruptive,please ignore it. If you dont know how to ignore a posting complain to me and I will be only too happy to demonstrate :-) "Derk" <nobody(a)invalid.org> wrote in message news:4b0b0772$0$11371$e4fe514c(a)dreader31.news.xs4all.nl... > Hi, > > I want to add a Sata HD to my Sata compatible system, but I know little > about hardware. I found out that a free power cable has a Molex power > connector and I found an adapter cable online, that's described as a > "5.25" > Molex to Sata adapter cable". > > I was wondering about the 5.25" description: the free cable's Molex > connector in my sytem looks much smaller than 5.25". IS it a wrong cable? > > TIA! > > Derk
From: Andy on 23 Nov 2009 20:07 On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:06:51 +0100, Derk <nobody(a)invalid.org> wrote: >Hi, > >I want to add a Sata HD to my Sata compatible system, but I know little >about hardware. I found out that a free power cable has a Molex power >connector and I found an adapter cable online, that's described as a "5.25" >Molex to Sata adapter cable". > >I was wondering about the 5.25" description: the free cable's Molex >connector in my sytem looks much smaller than 5.25". IS it a wrong cable? The 5.25" refers to the power connector used by old 5.25" wide drives, such as CD-ROM, floppy, and hard drives. > >TIA! > >Derk
From: Derk on 24 Nov 2009 01:45 Andy wrote: > The 5.25" refers to the power connector used by old 5.25" wide drives, > such as CD-ROM, floppy, and hard drives. Thanks! Is there a good website somewhere, where I can learn all about hardware features: campatibility, standards etc ? Derk
From: spodosaurus on 24 Nov 2009 06:43
Derk wrote: > Hi, > > I want to add a Sata HD to my Sata compatible system, but I know little > about hardware. I found out that a free power cable has a Molex power > connector and I found an adapter cable online, that's described as a "5.25" > Molex to Sata adapter cable". > > I was wondering about the 5.25" description: the free cable's Molex > connector in my sytem looks much smaller than 5.25". IS it a wrong cable? > > TIA! > > Derk Post a link to the connector. It's probably a reference to 5.25" drives which is pretty silly because all older (non-SATA) drives used the same type of molex connector (except floppies). -- spammage trappage: remove the underscores to reply Many people around the world are waiting for a marrow transplant. Please volunteer to be a marrow donor and literally save someone's life: http://www.abmdr.org.au/ http://www.marrow.org/ |