[RESOLVED] Power to SATA Hard Drives

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I would agree too, but do you want to know the odd thing?

Well, let me correct something first. I mistakenly wrote that I ran a sata cable out of the back of my computer. It was actually a molex cable. I then extended that and hooked an extension molex. Hahahaha, don't lose me here. Then it was connected to a Y-Connector (with molex ends). Then one molex connector to a fan and the other molex connector to another Y-Connector that has SATA connectors at the end. Get it? LOL, I know someone is going to ask WTH???

So this is what I did to correct the above. Ready??? I ran two molex connectors (on same cable) out of the back of my computer. I used a "molex to sata" connector to power my first sata drive. I connected a Y-Connector (molex connectors at the end) to the second molex connector from the computer. I decided to experiment. So, at the end of those molex connectors, I connected a pata drive to one molex connector (instead of the fan) and then the other molex connector is connected to a "molex to sata" connector to power the second SATA drive. The pata drive was hooked up with a "IDE to USB" converter.

Guess what? All three drives power up fine and Windows detected them. Apparently, I think the Y-Connector for the Sata drives was a lemon.

So dneilson, I am not sure if post #4 still applies to this. Could you help me understand.

Thanks