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November 23rd 09, 10:06 PM
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Molex to Sata power cable
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 
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November 23rd 09, 10:51 PM
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Molex to Sata power cable
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/Produc...82E16812123119 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" wrote in message ll.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
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November 24th 09, 01:07 AM
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Molex to Sata power cable
On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:06:51 +0100, 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? 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
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November 24th 09, 06:45 AM
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Molex to Sata power cable
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
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November 24th 09, 11:43 AM
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Molex to Sata power cable
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/
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November 24th 09, 08:23 PM
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Molex to Sata power cable
have a look on ebay, thare are lots cheap and expensive.
searck for "5.25 to sata", try also "HD SATA cable" or "y sata" or "sata power adapter"... "Derk" a écrit dans le message de news: ... 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
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