Modding Guide: Inline SATA Connectors
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[2012-02-22 13:01:55] adsfasdkjfh - Thank god that ...Thank god that knife isn't sharp.
[2012-02-14 09:38:02] blackIce504 - if u google SATA ...if u google SATA pinouts you will find the sata activity out but only some hard drives use it, from memory its pin 11 on the sata power connector.
[2012-02-12 20:57:54] MrWillager - Hey I was wondering ...Hey I was wondering how many sata connectors can you have on one sata power line. I want to put like 9 haha
[2011-10-14 23:06:47] TheIVImann - how do you do the ...how do you do the sata conectors? i´v used up all my sata on my motherboard. do you use a raid card, and if how did you fit it inside?
[2011-09-20 12:02:35] shaun11652 - i have 5 wire on ...i have 5 wire on mine end and when i put it on my cd drive the cable is to short to reach on to my harddrive help
[2011-08-17 05:26:36] K3vindust - Dude this is very ...Dude this is very helpful,thanks for sharing..
[2011-08-03 04:29:53] PoundSighEL - do you have to ...do you have to worry about low voltage when connecting 5+ HD's?
[2011-07-04 01:06:39] donte415 - dude you got mad ...dude you got mad skills! im trying to do something like the black dwarf...
[2011-03-29 01:50:54] bestpctips - cant you take the ...cant you take the molex contector from the cables that you took apart and attached them to wires so you can make it removeable from the power supply?
[2011-03-22 19:37:07] thergbig - LOL. lobster. u ...LOL. lobster. u don't look like one.
[2011-02-06 01:42:35] imonke1 - @UnknowLobster How ...@UnknowLobster How many in-line sata connectors can you use on one line?
[2011-01-09 00:11:10] UnknownLobster - Thanks. The data ...Thanks. The data cables were simple sas to 4x sata fan out cables. There arent a lot of options for these so things kinda had to be twisted and squeezed in to fit. The hdd activity cables were wires from the raid card directly to the led's. They use the same wire and connectors that the power buttons/ led's on the motherboard do. If your looking for those a good place again ive found is ebay. Search "twisted jumper" or "wire jumper" and you'll find some pretty cheap bundles to work with.
[2010-12-21 00:56:04] DJDevon3 - I just found some ...I just found some online. No need to buy the whole cable and rip them off. You can find them at 2 places online right now. Search for "90 Degree Pass-thru SATA Connector". Currently 79 cents a piece. :)
[2010-12-21 00:16:27] DJDevon3 - Black Dwarf is ...Black Dwarf is hands down my favorite custom pc. I've been searching for hours on how to connect multiple SATA drives like you did. Add Black Dwarf into your keywords, it took me hours to find this video. You've given me a lot of inspiration. I'd like to see how you connected the data cables. You left that out of the worklog too! You use forward breakout cables to go from SAS to SATA? I'd love to see a guide on how you laid out the data cables and HDD activitity cables. You are a guru.
[2010-12-19 10:54:44] BaKeR12ReP - Make more tech ...Make more tech Vids :)
[2010-10-20 08:29:58] royce321 - i always wondered ...i always wondered how u did such clean wiring lol nice tutorial :)
[2010-10-14 08:19:34] CitrusC - Useful video. Thank ...Useful video. Thank you very much, Lobster.
[2010-10-02 17:32:09] UnknownLobster - A lot of raid ...A lot of raid cards have pinouts for activity and failure for each drive. They wire just like the single HDD activity light that motherboards have along with their power button, reset, etc.
[2010-10-02 17:31:09] UnknownLobster - Good tip, I'll ...Good tip, I'll have to try that next time.
[2010-09-26 04:09:04] c1rca121 - :o i didnt get this ...:o i didnt get this video in my sub box
[2010-09-18 17:02:24] ivan13091981 - it was used for old ...it was used for old 3.5" floppy drives,some flash drives like CompactFlash
[2010-09-17 23:23:45] Poseidon205181851435 - Great filming. ...Great filming. Great advise. Thanks MAN.
[2010-09-15 16:31:17] GLaDOSProductions - How did you do the ...How did you do the RAID status LEDs for the Black Dwarf?
[2010-09-09 15:10:39] Mjuukiz - First: Great vids. ...First: Great vids. Admire your skills and workshop :) Second: You really don´t need to press the cable into the connector with a screwdriver. Just apply all the cables in the first "gap" in the connector, then use the lid and press all the cables at the same time with a tool.
[2010-09-08 13:56:30] LG51hacker - haha bicycle D:haha bicycle D:
[2010-09-04 01:47:27] ASAWProductions - Thank you. I was ...Thank you. I was going to use them for SSDs. I found a SATA extension cable and I will use that to put the in-line connectors from a molex splitter on. Thank you for this video.
[2010-09-02 07:27:59] UnknownLobster - I've looked around ...I've looked around quite a bit and there's no clear answer as to particular devices that actually require it. Perhaps future drives, particularly SSD might need them, but for now it seems you're pretty safe without it.
[2010-09-02 07:23:02] UnknownLobster - Sure. You can also ...Sure. You can also just add them into the line with the 4 pin molex connectors as well if you want to keep them.
[2010-09-02 06:46:44] tr3v3rs0n - If my PSU already ...If my PSU already has a sata power cable could I just add these in between the ones already on the cable??
[2010-09-01 23:45:20] ASAWProductions - what is the 3.3v ...what is the 3.3v for?
[2010-09-01 23:24:23] powerhouselb - I would love to see ...I would love to see the tutorial of what you did to the Black Dwarf"s power supply to make it work.
[2010-08-31 12:46:18] soggymaster - It's not that ...It's not that difficult to figure out how many HDDs a power supply can handle - you need to know the power supply's capacity on each voltage and rail, if applicable, and the power draw of each HDD. As an example, my PC Power and Cooling Silencer 750 PSU has a capacity of 30 amps at 5 volts, 60 amps at 12 volts and 24 amps at 3.3 volts. That's 150 watts at 5 volts, 720 watts at 12 volts and 79 watts at 3.3 volts. You can see one of my previous replies for an HDD example.
[2010-08-31 06:42:46] lapulapu12345 - nice vids man..nice vids man..
[2010-08-31 04:37:40] yoyoyoyohan - how many harddrives ...how many harddrives do you think one 4pin cable could handle? Say a 300w psu for a NAS/htpc etc?
[2010-08-30 23:18:39] kaptinkurktutorials - Thank you so much ...Thank you so much for this! I've been wondering how you did that
[2010-08-30 19:00:56] Lil306 - Very nice, good ...Very nice, good luck with the new job, I hope to see more of your videos. You have awesome editing skills and you do great jobs
[2010-08-30 18:42:37] ingame79 - thnx, good job manthnx, good job man
[2010-08-30 15:37:01] DoctorEngrish - I would love to see ...I would love to see the painting process for your mods. I've built a couple custom cases with my buddies but they all look a bit cheap. The paint jobs on all of your projects look top notch. Do you paint them yourself or outsource?
[2010-08-30 13:46:15] sonofkikkoman - dude what is that ...dude what is that car in the bg?
[2010-08-30 12:17:25] t3ch4 - weird, I was ...weird, I was thinking the same question. Great vid man!
[2010-08-30 06:53:28] Write14u - Thanks so muchThanks so much