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SATA laptop drive installed into a PC ..?
NaRu:
Why dont you just run a sata cable to the drive and use the external encloser to power the drive. It doesnt have to be powered by the PSU
Freedom Kira:
Isn't that a bit hard to do? Usually enclosures have both the power and signal connectors soldered rigidly right onto the controller card, so you can't just plug one in and not the other.
Lupin:
--- Quote from: Freedom Kira on June 15, 2011, 06:47:40 AM ---I wonder if you've finally lost it. Not even gonna consider getting a converter for <$5, and wiring it yourself instead? The time spent and the risk isn't worth it IMO.
But, if you still insist... Somehow those PATA to SATA converters only use four wires. So perhaps it's possible, but... still seems risky. There's always a chance that they do some weird wiring in the converter. Google or talk to someone in the know before you try anything.
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There's no risk using those converters. The 3.3V wire missing in the converter isn't used much by drive manufacturers. Missing that wire won't kill the drive but it's possible that the drive might under perform or not work if it requires it.
datora:
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--- Quote from: Freedom Kira on June 15, 2011, 06:47:40 AM ---I wonder if you've finally lost it.
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;D
Oh, I haven't finally lost it. I lost it a long time ago. No need to wonder about it. ;)
I probably will end up buying a converter. However, running into the frustration of a SATA system with no SATA power connectors plus the 5 wires vs. 4 wires "issue" has intrigued me to the point of wanting to understand this black magic. I'll certainly waste an hour or three (when I have it) to google up an explanation.
If it's easy, I've done enough basic wiring that it should be trivial. The 5th wire is probably something that can be either ignored or patched into one of the other four. If you don't hear from me again, you'll know what happened.
Did I ever tell you about the time .....
Once, I worked where a radiator was trapped under the desk I worked at. The heat build up was insane. In a fit one afternoon, I cut 3 meters of speaker wire from a broken pair and patched it into my computer's PSU so that I could connect a couple of old case fans and mount them on the radiator to keep my balls cool. Ahhhhhhhh. Sweet relief! Every time I powered my computer on. ;) ;D
As far as the external case for the laptop drive, it is an integrated solution. Cannot separate out power & data connections without performing serious and probably destructive mod. It's a nice little case & I very much wish to preserve it for future use.
Freedom Kira:
--- Quote from: Lupin on June 15, 2011, 03:21:32 PM ---There's no risk using those converters. The 3.3V wire missing in the converter isn't used much by drive manufacturers. Missing that wire won't kill the drive but it's possible that the drive might under perform or not work if it requires it.
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You might have slightly misunderstood my post. But anyway, if there's no kind of special wiring needed for that wire, I guess it's alright for him to wire it himself.
--- Quote from: datora on June 15, 2011, 03:23:03 PM ---I probably will end up buying a converter. However, running into the frustration of a SATA system with no SATA power connectors plus the 5 wires vs. 4 wires "issue" has intrigued me to the point of wanting to understand this black magic. I'll certainly waste an hour or three (when I have it) to google up an explanation.
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Oh, please do buy one. You should be spending at most 15 minutes for $5. =P
But if Lupin says it's fine, I'd assume it's fine. The explanation is right there, btw, no need to Google.
--- Quote from: datora on June 15, 2011, 03:23:03 PM ---Once, I worked where a radiator was trapped under the desk I worked at. The heat build up was insane. In a fit one afternoon, I cut 3 meters of speaker wire from a broken pair and patched it into my computer's PSU so that I could connect a couple of old case fans and mount them on the radiator to keep my balls cool. Ahhhhhhhh. Sweet relief! Every time I powered my computer on. ;) ;D
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That sounds intense. You couldn't just break the radiator?
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