I have a 5,1 and just bought a 2 port SATA III PCI adapter. My SSD flies when connected to it (360 MB/s vs 230 reads).
But how do I get power to this? I assumed I could just plug it in to the power in the optical bay until I saw it was a 1 piece molded plastic connector with both power and SATA.
I don't see anywhere else to grab the power for it. For the time being I'm using an external 12V supply for it. I'm almost embarrassed as I disassembled a PATA to SATA plug, ran the 4 wires through 4 holes in the grill and plugged in the external power. It works, but it's not pretty.
I'm thinking my best option is a SATA power splitter in the optical bay and just lose the data connector on that plug.
Please tell me there is a hidden connector somewhere.
Thanks.
But how do I get power to this? I assumed I could just plug it in to the power in the optical bay until I saw it was a 1 piece molded plastic connector with both power and SATA.
I don't see anywhere else to grab the power for it. For the time being I'm using an external 12V supply for it. I'm almost embarrassed as I disassembled a PATA to SATA plug, ran the 4 wires through 4 holes in the grill and plugged in the external power. It works, but it's not pretty.
I'm thinking my best option is a SATA power splitter in the optical bay and just lose the data connector on that plug.
Please tell me there is a hidden connector somewhere.
Thanks.