USB to SATA power cable
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I have a situation where I have a SATA port (ESATA I guess) on the back of a machine.
I have a drive i want to temporarily hook up to the machine, but I need to power the drive.
I have USB ports on the back of the machine also.
So can I get a USB to SATA power cable?
A fast Google search only returns full USB to SATA drive adapters. I don't want that. I want to use the ESATA plug.
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I've only ever plugged an esata cable into an external drive chassis, where the chassis provided power to the drive. I suppose you could find a chassis that could be powered off USB (I think it would have to be USB 3.0 at least), but in my case was always off a wall wart.
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This is my theory: you will need USB to Molex + Molex to Sata just to make it works.
I know you want it to works as temporary solution, but if it is my PC I would install Molex to Sata, and wire it outside the case. This way I have sata power + esata cable.
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Got a spare ATX power supply?
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Also commonly found around IT shops are the USB to IDE/SATA adapters, most of which came with a wall power supply to molex / SATA
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Something like this will work...
Evercool EC-ST001 eSATA 15.75", USB power cable 31.5" eSATA Cable For SATA HDD and SSD M-M
It uses usb for power, and esata for data.
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@brianlittlejohn said:
Something like this will work...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812311004&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC--pla--Cables+-+SATA+%2F+eSATA+Cables-_-N82E16812311004&gclid=CIyj0dWUjMsCFYM8aQodFM4FOw&gclsrc=aw.ds
It uses usb for power, and esata for data.
Good call but only for 2.5", 3.5" need 12v IIRC
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Yea... no way you can power a 3.5" off of USB... it needs external power.
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@brianlittlejohn said:
Yea... no way you can power a 3.5" off of USB... it needs external power.
Yes, I did not specify that. I am only using a 2.5 drive.
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@brianlittlejohn said:
Something like this will work...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812311004&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC--pla--Cables+-+SATA+%2F+eSATA+Cables-_-N82E16812311004&gclid=CIyj0dWUjMsCFYM8aQodFM4FOw&gclsrc=aw.ds
It uses usb for power, and esata for data.
Nice.. find, thanks.
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@JaredBusch said:
@brianlittlejohn said:
Something like this will work...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812311004&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC--pla--Cables+-+SATA+%2F+eSATA+Cables-_-N82E16812311004&gclid=CIyj0dWUjMsCFYM8aQodFM4FOw&gclsrc=aw.ds
It uses usb for power, and esata for data.
Nice.. find, thanks.
notice it says SSD, not even 2.5 in drives.
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@Dashrender said:
@JaredBusch said:
@brianlittlejohn said:
Something like this will work...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812311004&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC--pla--Cables+-+SATA+%2F+eSATA+Cables-_-N82E16812311004&gclid=CIyj0dWUjMsCFYM8aQodFM4FOw&gclsrc=aw.ds
It uses usb for power, and esata for data.
Nice.. find, thanks.
notice it says SSD, not even 2.5 in drives.
In the comments someone mentioned that you probably can power a 2.5 since those are powered off 5 V, but definitely can't do 3.5 drives as they run from 12 V.
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It says SATA HDD and SSD in the description...
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Here's another from ebay
Oh geeze, never mind. I just looked at the shipping. Arrival from March 9th to April 15.
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@Dashrender said:
@JaredBusch said:
@brianlittlejohn said:
Something like this will work...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812311004&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC--pla--Cables+-+SATA+%2F+eSATA+Cables-_-N82E16812311004&gclid=CIyj0dWUjMsCFYM8aQodFM4FOw&gclsrc=aw.ds
It uses usb for power, and esata for data.
Nice.. find, thanks.
notice it says SSD, not even 2.5 in drives.
You can buy standard USB enclosures for 2.5" drives and they never need external power.
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@johnhooks said:
Here's another from ebay
Oh geeze, never mind. I just looked at the shipping. Arrival from March 9th to April 15.
Cheap Fast Quality
Pick two
Actually I'm not sure that even qualifies for two.... I think you just pick Cheap and cross fingers heheh
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@JaredBusch said:
@Dashrender said:
@JaredBusch said:
@brianlittlejohn said:
Something like this will work...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812311004&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC--pla--Cables+-+SATA+%2F+eSATA+Cables-_-N82E16812311004&gclid=CIyj0dWUjMsCFYM8aQodFM4FOw&gclsrc=aw.ds
It uses usb for power, and esata for data.
Nice.. find, thanks.
notice it says SSD, not even 2.5 in drives.
You can buy standard USB enclosures for 2.5" drives and they never need external power.
when I posted that it I was responding to the title of the sale indicating SSD - so I jumped the gun a bit on the 2.5.. my bad.
