Hi Jon,
The larger of the two connectors for SATA drives is the power
connector and you are correct in saying that it is near on impossible
to replace in a G5 without exchanging the case!! I have however seen
and installed an internal drive bay expansion module for a G5 (allows
an extra 3 internal drives) and with this kit comes a Y type adapter
that plugs on to the power cable for the optical drive and splits to
2 power connectors one of which is used for the optical drive and the
other which is free and allows the connection of another cable which
supplies power to the SATA drives. I am sure that it would be
possible to find this both the Y type power cable splitter and also
the connector for converting this connection to a SATA type power
connector. (should be available at most computer electronics shops).
This should allow you to keep your drive in it's normal space in the
G5 and just be powered by a different cable.
Hope that helps!
Regards,
Dustin.
On 08/02/2007, at 3:38 PM, Jon Davison wrote:
Hi everyone. I have little glitch that has become a pain.
I have a corrupt HD drive cable connector on my G5, where it
attaches to my 120Gb Western Digital drive. I run a 1.6GHz /
1.5Gb / 80GbHD plus a 120GbHD. The copper terminals on the cable
for some reason are all bent!. Unfortunately it is the larger of
the two drive cable connectors, and it appears that on my model
these are non-replaceable parts, only the smaller of the two
connectors are replaceable. So I am just wondering what my options
are here?
Does this mean my 120Gb drive can only work if I get an external
case with a Firewire connection? or is there another way around the
problem?
If the former, does anyone have a second hand case I can buy?
otherwise does anyone have a spare HD connection cable from a
broken G5. I know it is almost impossible to thread the cable
through under the grey plastic drive housing, without removing it,
so I guess that I can secure the drive in the G5 case somewhere
else? is this possible?
I use my 80Gb for all system files, web files etc, and the 120Gb
for all my work files and teaching. So the 120Gb is important, and
I just don't
want to have to pay around $200 just for a case to house the drive.
So if there are any alternatives I would be very grateful for your
suggestions.
Thanks in advance
Jon
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