How many of the four input power cables should be connected (and why)? Will be using only two drives.
1112778
I just used two...one powered the first three buttons and the other powered the other three. You can use either the 4 pin (ATA) or the SATA. If you are only doing two drives....just hook up one side (either 1,2,3 or 4,5,6).
1112779
I don't recall the unit comes with a schematic, I hooked up all input power for only two drives on the thought that each side supplies half the outputs, probably doesn't matter though.
2158007
I have the 2 bay case and the power supply handles both drives all the time. There is no selective power options either, it powers all drives in the case.
184226
hmmm good question...mine just keeps pluggin along. Since I got this used from some one who clearly could not get it going with the cryptic instructions...I got it for steal (price of the drives).
204532
There are 2 connectors. You should really get a fan controller or something of the sort. Two fans won't cut it. I have 10 in mine but that is all personal preference.
1953718
I believe all 4 ports work at once. The reason I say that is: My card always tries to enumerate all 4, and, because only the 2 eSATA are in use, I get a 30 second delay every boot.
2268357
It came with 4 with mine sata drives but it might be different with your configuration
1370504
Nope you can use them all (I assume) at once. I've only used 4 out of the 5 at once, excluding the HDD dock. Oh and to correct my previous comment I opened up the case and checked to make sure and the HDD Dock and the USB ports connect through a different SATA ports. So the case will take up two SATA ports on your motherboard. Sorry for the confusion.
1948783
The only issue you may run into is if you want to stay in peak efficiency, which is usually around 50% give or take. Also note that running multiple(3+ probably) hard drives adds up on the wattage used too.
106284
Not exactly sure about your question.EVERY drive will need both a power cable and a data cable.
1182533
Yes, You many need a drive cable if it doesn't come with the second hard Drive. There will be a power connector already there.
1980643
there are 2 sata connectors on this power supply. They are rather short so if you have a huge case and several drives do not use this power supply. Also this PSU WILL NOT run a high end graphics card, this PSU is meant more for replacing old PSU units in older computers. I would not suggest you use this in a high end gaming or HDPC system!
2222582
I'm not at the unit now (will look when I get home but I know I have 6 sata hard drives on and I had to use at least one, possibly 2 splitters so at most 5 possibly 4
2045929
Yes, that will work. The 2nd USB connector is just for power. That's because some older USB ports will detect a power overload if the drive tries to pull all its power from a single port. To workaround that they the Y cable can be used to pull power from 2 ports. Non-anceint USB ports, like 2.0 or 3.0 or from a powered hub will probably work fine if you just plug in the one end of the cable. Try it with just one. If it works, you're good. If it doesn't, the computer will tell you "power overload detected" and the drive won't work, but no damage will be done.
2014991
On each sata cable you can plug 3 devices ie:3 cables x 3devices each = 9 total. Hope this helps
1377491
Yes but how many eSATA connections does your 4 drive enclosure take? 2 well you need two of these then.
2082981
I can't answer your question from personal experience as I don't have 10 USB 2.0 hard drives.But at the moment there are 5 USB 2.0 hard drives running off my Satechi including one that does not have an external power supply. In addition my keyboard and mouse, a DVD drive with no external power supply, an Epson scanner, and an HP laser printer are connected to it. I see no reason why there couldn't be even 12 hard drives connected if each has its own power supply, provided the Satechi hub is being powered by its ac adapter.
2004954
Negative for data cables. It comes with two accessory connectors with 4 sata power cables each (totaling 8) Seemed like pretty high quality cables.