I want to use this is a mini server with 2 disk drives. But it only seems to have a power connector for one drive. What do I do? Is there another cable or should i be looking at a different power supply? I want to use this is a mini server with 2 disk drives. But it only seems to have a power connector for one drive. What do I do? Is there another cable or should i be looking at a different power... » Read More I want to use this is a mini server with 2 disk drives. But it only seems to have a power connector for one drive. What do I do? Is there another cable or should i be looking at a different power supply? « Show Less
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Get a Y Molex power connector and you're good to go if your Pico has enough Watts.
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It also comes with a molex (PATA) style connector. Just use a molex to SATA adapter to run the second drive. I am running two laptop drives off of it in my system.
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just look for a molex drive power splitter for IDE. or if you are using a SATA drive there are ones for that. they are pretty common place. look on amazon .. i know micro-center has them i got one yesterday.
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...or you could use a pata-sata adapter and you wind up with no dangling connectors hanging around
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If you aren't using the old style 4-pin IDE connector, you can get an adapter that will convert it to a 15-pin SATA connector. I searched for "ide to sata power cable" on Amazon's site and found multiple options.
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If you have more than one or two internal hard-drives you might want to go with the bigger wattage. I have a home server that I loaded up too many drives and the overloaded the power supply to the point it wouldn't boot.
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You can hook up 2 hard drives on the IDE cable if there is room or 2 connector blocks open. Would recommend getting a SATA card and then you could install 2 hard drives on that (much faster drive)
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There are two versions, click the one that says "with SATA adapter". This is the one without that adapter that holds two drives but will not work on hot swap rails. On the SATA adapter one the drive plugs into it and then it plugs into the hot swap backplane.
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The 2 usb is there to simply give more power. Mine ran perfectly fine with 1 usb. But if it doesnt just plug 2 usb in for more power
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The unit pictured here appears to be a different one from the one I purchased earlier this year. The unit I purchased has not worked with my SATA DVD Drive. In fact, I have not found any use for it! Very Disappointed! I have a motherboard with two SATA connections and one IDE. I have two SATA HDs and a SATA DVD. I had hoped that I could find some combination of connections that would allow me to use all the drives simultaneously. So far, I must use any two of the drives directly from the motherboard. The adapter I received will not allow BIOS to "see" the third drive in any configuration. If this unit will work in this configuration, I'll buy it. Please let me know your results!! Thanks. john4life The unit pictured here appears to be a different one from the one I purchased earlier this year. The unit I purchased has not worked with my SATA DVD Drive. In fact, I have not found any use for it! Very Disappointed! I have a motherboard with two SATA connections and one IDE. I have two SATA HDs and a SATA DVD. I had hoped that I could find some combination of connections that would allow me to use all the drives simultaneously. So far, I must use any two of the drives directly from the motherboard. The adapter I received will not allow BIOS to "see" the third drive in any... » Read More The unit pictured here appears to be a different one from the one I purchased earlier this year. The unit I purchased has not worked with my SATA DVD Drive. In fact, I have not found any use for it! Very Disappointed! I have a motherboard with two SATA connections and one IDE. I have two SATA HDs and a SATA DVD. I had hoped that I could find some combination of connections that would allow me to use all the drives simultaneously. So far, I must use any two of the drives directly from the motherboard. The adapter I received will not allow BIOS to "see" the third drive in any configuration. If this unit will work in this configuration, I'll buy it. Please let me know your results!! Thanks. john4life « Show Less
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I have the same MacPro. I purchased the 4 port card and did not need to run the internal power when the hard drives (or other usb devices) were externally powered. I even ran a bus powered drive off of it. Then I read that for bus powered drives it was *recommended* to have the internal power, but I haven't found a good source for that cable (please let me know if you find one). In the end, if you are externally powering, then either will work.
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You don't need a new power supply, but you will need a 4 pin molex to SATA power cable adaptor. Currently there is a SATA power chain where the first is consumed by the top optical drive. The next one below has the right length for another optical drive, but my tower config has only the one. The third and final is consumed by the USM. This is the Universal Storage Module that allows a USM external drive (Seagate Backup Plus for example) to plug right in from the front (that huge indentation on the front of the tower). Otherwise, there is another lengthy power cable set that is separate and has single SATA power connection to the bottom hard drive. This cable group only has a 4 pin molex otherwise. There are nice drawers for two hard drives, so it just seems odd that this would have a 4 pin instead of another SATA that reaches. Actually, any 2.5" SATA drive will fit in that USM slot in front.
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The power supply is not in the way of hard drives. You neef a small form factor video card or onbpard to accomodate 6 drives.
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You could use two like that but it would not be daisy chaining. There would be no connection from the first drive to the second, but the computer would see both.
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There are two usb ports, one for communication, the other for additional power.I thought the same that you did-- where can I get the adaptor. It turns out that the drive works happily on 2 USB connections-- and no power adaptor. Good luck!
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I didn't need the power cable when using one external hard drive but I did need to hook up the power cable when I added a second external hard drive to the second USB 3.0 port on the card. The power coming through the card from my Dell E5510 notebook computer was not sufficient to power the two external hard drives (one was a Western Digital My Passport and the other was a Seagate Backup Plus).
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i have the power plugged in with 7 drives. I think the reason my drives didnt work is because there's not enough power on the bus for drives. I know you can run one drive without a problem, but don't know about 2. I would assume you want power just so you don't loose the drive in the middle of writing as happened to me before without this hub.
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Its just a power run. If your psu has enough wattage it'll be fine. Look at the 4 pin power connectors....they're all pigtailed (runs). Explorer sees drives depending on sata/ide...has nothing to do with power connections.
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It isnt anything special. Just make sure you get a mini usb to 2 regular usb cable. (Yes, that is one end is a MINI USB (not micro) and then the other end will have 2 regular sized USBs.) It is because one pulls power and the other actually send/receives the data IIRC
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As others have said, the SATA & Power cabling is required for each drive. The bigger question as I understand it, is that each drive will need it's own ports on the motherboard and if you have 4-drive bays like I do, you will still need to take up two of them with these. So, besides having a bracket in which to install the smaller drives, I'm not sure what the real utility is of this product; whether you stack the two drive as in this bracket or install them each separately, you still have to use 2 drive bays.
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I have not used it for such, only using it with a Raspberry Pi which has limited power capabilities from its USB ports. Check the documentation but I believe the total power limit for this device is around 2 amps, so you need to determine the power requirements of the drives. Further, there are only four ports on the device so without further extenders (it's frequently a bad idea to add USB extenders onto to USB extenders, I've heard stories of problems) you're limited to four devices. I do believe there are 8 port powered USB extenders available as well. You might want to investigate one of those. But first determine the total power requirement of your drives. I have not used it for such, only using it with a Raspberry Pi which has limited power capabilities from its USB ports. Check the documentation but I believe the total power limit for this device is around 2 amps, so you need to determine the power requirements of the drives. Further, there are only four ports on the device so without further extenders (it's frequently a bad idea to add USB extenders onto to USB extenders, I've heard stories of problems) you're limited to four devices. I do believe there are 8 port powered USB extenders available as well. You might want to investigate one... » Read More I have not used it for such, only using it with a Raspberry Pi which has limited power capabilities from its USB ports. Check the documentation but I believe the total power limit for this device is around 2 amps, so you need to determine the power requirements of the drives. Further, there are only four ports on the device so without further extenders (it's frequently a bad idea to add USB extenders onto to USB extenders, I've heard stories of problems) you're limited to four devices. I do believe there are 8 port powered USB extenders available as well. You might want to investigate one of those. But first determine the total power requirement of your drives. « Show Less