On Aug 6, 2010, at 1:04 PM, Alex Smith (K4RNT) wrote:
The "cheapo" adapters only provide a single voltage, which will power
the drive, but won't allow it to operate in lower-power mode, and
doesn't support hot swap. Read the article I put in my post.
On Aug 6, 2010, at 3:17 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote:
I need to be more clear of my intentions..... I'm using an internal
Firmtek 1V4 card to connect 4 sata drives inside my MDD powermac....
All I want to do is switch the "stock" molex power connectors with
sata without using an adapter to achieve this? I will not be using
the 3.3v connection in this case.
Yes, you do need to be more clear. I'm guessing you want to cut the
wires from the power supply that go to one of the standard molex power
jacks, and splice an SATA power cable in its place? If this is what
you're asking about, my reply is: Use the cheapo adapter. You'll make
a mess of splicing the wires, and probably short out your power supply
with some bonehead mistake. Use the adapter, that's what they're made
for, they work. I use several in my older computers with no problems.
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