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Since: Jan 05, 2004
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2004 2:48 am
Post subject: SATA hard drive question
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| Do SATA hard drives have different power connectors than regular PATA
harddrives? If so, can you get an power connector adapter? I was
looking at a seagate manual for thier SATA 80 Gb hd and the power
connector sure looked like it had many more pins.
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2004 8:20 am
Post subject: Re: SATA hard drive question [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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<sdeyoreo.RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Do SATA hard drives have different power connectors than regular PATA
> harddrives? If so, can you get an power connector adapter? I was
> looking at a seagate manual for thier SATA 80 Gb hd and the power
> connector sure looked like it had many more pins.
Howdy,
Yes they do. Some of the newer power supplies come with them I think .
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2004 8:20 am
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Antec TruPower 430W PS comes with them. A lot of motherboards now come with
them. Some hard drives come with both types of power connectors (WD Raptors
is the one I'm familiar with). So, yes, adaptors should be available. It's a
single row of flat pins, but I think its the same number.
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2004 11:23 am
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<sdeyoreo.RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Do SATA hard drives have different power connectors than regular PATA
> harddrives? If so, can you get an power connector adapter? I was
> looking at a seagate manual for thier SATA 80 Gb hd and the power
> connector sure looked like it had many more pins.
Adapters are definitely available, I bought an Abit KV7 motherboard and that
come with SATA cables + power adapters which convert the standard power
connecters to the type on SATA drives.
Although it does bid the questions why do SATA have different power
connecter types?
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2004 11:35 am
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2004 5:19 pm
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That about what I paid for the same SATA hard drive. The power adapter and
drivers come with your motherboard. If you're going to install Win2K from
scratch, be warned that the drivers must be in the root directory of a
floppy disk on A:. That's even though you are booting from the CD drive.
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> Thanks to all. The 80 Gb Seagate drive I saw for sale was for $74 with
> no cables, no s/w, no manuals.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: SATA hard drive question |
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(Msg. 7) Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2004 5:37 pm
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Drivers and SATA cable came with mobo, but PSU has regular connectors,
not SATA.
On Fri, 06 Feb 2004 14:19:04 GMT, "William W. Plummer"
<William.PlummerXNOSPAMX.TakeThisOut@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
>That about what I paid for the same SATA hard drive. The power adapter and
>drivers come with your motherboard. If you're going to install Win2K from
>scratch, be warned that the drivers must be in the root directory of a
>floppy disk on A:. That's even though you are booting from the CD drive.
>
><sdeyoreo.TakeThisOut@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:o06720hcsrsmn3ensloomnrj5ou3pt29nf@4ax.com...
>> Thanks to all. The 80 Gb Seagate drive I saw for sale was for $74 with
>> no cables, no s/w, no manuals.
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(Msg. 8) Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2004 7:12 pm
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<sdeyoreo RemoveThis @hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Do SATA hard drives have different power connectors than regular PATA
> harddrives? If so, can you get an power connector adapter? I was
> looking at a seagate manual for thier SATA 80 Gb hd and the power
> connector sure looked like it had many more pins.
SATA drives have different data and power connectors, but some have both the
new SATA type and "legacy" four-pin Molex connectors installed. My WD
Raptor drive has both type power connectors, as I assume do some (all?)
others.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: SATA hard drive question |
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(Msg. 9) Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2004 6:09 pm
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Without sounding too much like a commercial
for Cyberguys they have a IDE to SATA
Adapter for $ 21.95 that converts standard IDE hard drives over to SATA
part number 202 0258
page 87 of the Winter/Spring Cyberguys catalog
Phone number 1-800-892-1010
<sdeyoreo DeleteThis @hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Do SATA hard drives have different power connectors than regular PATA
> harddrives? If so, can you get an power connector adapter? I was
> looking at a seagate manual for thier SATA 80 Gb hd and the power
> connector sure looked like it had many more pins.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: SATA hard drive question |
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