What is the purpose of the 24-pin power in the product image? Can I just use this rack to hold my drives connected to my mobo via SATA power/data ?
525804
It's to turn on the fan that is attached to the rack...and the fact that if you were to have a PSU hooked up to this (Via the 24 pin connector) without the On/Off switch (Which also turns on the fan) you would have no means of turning on your PSU. A PSU "Has to" be attached to something in order for it to turn on, which is why so many people think they have a broken PSU when they simply plug in the A/C adapter & nothing works. So it's kinda' two-fold. Now, if you are merely using it to "Hold" your drives, and you are powering everything from your primary PSU in your tower, then technically you don't need it. Your drives may run hot though without the fan! It's to turn on the fan that is attached to the rack...and the fact that if you were to have a PSU hooked up to this (Via the 24 pin connector) without the On/Off switch (Which also turns on the fan) you would have no means of turning on your PSU. A PSU "Has to" be attached to something in order for it to turn on, which is why so many people think they have a broken PSU when they simply plug in the A/C adapter & nothing works. So it's kinda' two-fold. Now, if you are merely using it to "Hold" your drives, and you are powering everything from your primary PSU in your... » Read More It's to turn on the fan that is attached to the rack...and the fact that if you were to have a PSU hooked up to this (Via the 24 pin connector) without the On/Off switch (Which also turns on the fan) you would have no means of turning on your PSU. A PSU "Has to" be attached to something in order for it to turn on, which is why so many people think they have a broken PSU when they simply plug in the A/C adapter & nothing works. So it's kinda' two-fold. Now, if you are merely using it to "Hold" your drives, and you are powering everything from your primary PSU in your tower, then technically you don't need it. Your drives may run hot though without the fan! « Show Less
525805
The purpose of the 24-pin connector is to connect a dedicated power supply to the rack, which is ultimately connected to the computer via an esata cable. The point of this rack is to expand hard drive support to the computer after internal mb connectors are in use. Although it could be used somewhat awkwardly as you suggest, there are other solutions designed for that purpose, ie the Cooler Master 4-IN-3 device module. I'd look around a bit, were I you.
525806
It's for the fan. I simply unplugged the fan and routed it to a separate fan controller that was powered by my main psu
1629163
Do i neet to put 3 plugs?(SATA CABLE, LIKE 3.5"FDD POWER CABLE, IDE DRIVE POWER CABLE)
2050645
It has several sata connectors. Probably more than you will ever need unless your building a 12+ disk nas or something similar.
1464924
I you want the E-Sata port on the front to be usable, yes. but if you just want to use everything else you can just not hookup the Sata. The rest all uses USB.
420315
You should't have a limit. You can see this interface as another SATA connector. You must check the hdd profile. I'm using it with a 7mm 750GB HDD (low profile)
1763765
You can use either 4-pin or 6-pin cables with this card. Use whatever cable fits the hard drive. I use a 6-pin cable tp connect my DROBO external RAID system.
1374918
These switches are for the power connection only and have no relevance to data. The data connection does not run through these switches. Your data connection depends on the hard drive and the motherboard (or SATA card) to which they are connected.
1393469
It's a standard SATA connector on a SATA III cable. If the drive has a SATA plug, then probably. A lot will depend on how the drive and mobo is mounted in the case. Sometimes you need 90 degree connectors and other times straight. Cable length is usually not an issue.
2010762
Its only going to use what it needs. I got this for a HTPC and a 256 GB SSD, this is sized as just enough to run it. Have eSATA and USB drives attached sometimes but they are powered independently. This is a strange choice for NAS as this is a server with several HDDs usually requiring a much bigger PSU.
852728
power is needed for only 3.5 inch drives. It doesn't need power for SSD SATA which is 2.5 inch.
700393
I am only using the USB3 function of the card. I planned to use the SATA III port for possible future expansion. The set up I use is one USB3 port going to a Seagate 2 TB expansion hard drive (for backup and system images) and the other port to a USB3 hub. I chose this card because of the dual functionality and price.
863359
Hi, This is a pretty good power supply. It has 6 SATA power connections, 1 Floppy connector, 1 20+4 Main Motherboard connector (the 4 pin connector attaches to the remaining four pins on the motherboard's 24 pin connector), and 6 4-Pin Molex type connectors for additional peripherals. I've got my power supply almost fully loaded with devices and my PC works wonderfully. Hope this helps.
1770298
This is a power cable only, no data on this cable. It does not have any influence on how the drives show up in Windows. It does not change the power from the power supply, it's just a SATA power "Y" cable. It serves the same function as a Molex Y cable.
1213491
I use mine with just 1 USB port for power, but apparently it depends on the drive you are using inside the enclosure. I use it for the 'old' drive in a laptop. I upgraded the internal drive and took out the 250Gb drive and put it in this case as a back-up drive.
700444
No. The rack supports SATA or SAS (the single port connectors are the same). If your motherboard has SATA adapters on it, this rack works fine.
508319
Looking at the board , look to the left of the two visible white SATA ports , positions 2 & 3 . Positions 0 & 1 are in an opposed position . They are sideways . I don't know the reasoning for this but I suppose because gigabyte wants you to use position 0 for the primary hard drive and position 1 for the secondary hard drive or primary cd/dvd drive. The two white SATA ports facing up are your secondary SATA ports for additional drives.
389751
Power is provided internally via sata connection or you need an external enclosure if not installing internal drive.