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    • JaredBusch
      JaredBusch last edited by

      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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      • Dashrender
        Dashrender last edited by

        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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        • L
          LAH3385 last edited by

          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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          • MattSpeller
            MattSpeller last edited by

            Got a spare ATX power supply?

            https://www.techpowerup.com/articles/other/22

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            • MattSpeller
              MattSpeller last edited by

              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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              • brianlittlejohn
                brianlittlejohn last edited by gjacobse

                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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                • MattSpeller
                  MattSpeller @brianlittlejohn last edited by

                  @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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                  • brianlittlejohn
                    brianlittlejohn last edited by

                    Yea... no way you can power a 3.5" off of USB... it needs external power.

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                    • JaredBusch
                      JaredBusch @brianlittlejohn last edited by

                      @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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                      • JaredBusch
                        JaredBusch @brianlittlejohn last edited by

                        @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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                        • Dashrender
                          Dashrender @JaredBusch last edited by

                          @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
                            Dashrender @Dashrender last edited by

                            @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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                            • brianlittlejohn
                              brianlittlejohn last edited by

                              It says SATA HDD and SSD in the description...

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                              • stacksofplates
                                stacksofplates last edited by stacksofplates

                                Here's another from ebay

                                http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-5-Inch-Hard-Disk-Drive-SATA-22Pin-to-eSATA-Data-USB-Powered-Cable-NEW-OE-/121884926175

                                Oh geeze, never mind. I just looked at the shipping. Arrival from March 9th to April 15.

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                                • JaredBusch
                                  JaredBusch @Dashrender last edited by

                                  @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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                                  • MattSpeller
                                    MattSpeller @stacksofplates last edited by

                                    @johnhooks said:

                                    Here's another from ebay

                                    http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-5-Inch-Hard-Disk-Drive-SATA-22Pin-to-eSATA-Data-USB-Powered-Cable-NEW-OE-/121884926175

                                    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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                                    • Dashrender
                                      Dashrender @JaredBusch last edited by

                                      @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.

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