SATA Hard Drive power cable

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SATA Hard Drive power cable

Ordered a new SATA drive and PCI card, card has installed fine and is recognised by the Mac, however the hard drive itself didn't coem with a power cable - given it uses the new style power connector and my G4 MDD has the "old" style 4 pin power connector will any of these be of any use to connect the computer power cable to the SATA drive?

http://www.cablecity.co.uk/productinfo.php?productsid=1013&osCsid=cfe2t6sft6hstchiu7tcqpmhs1

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=36039&&source=14&doy=search

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=98947&&source=14&doy=search

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=46759&&source=14&doy=search

Thanks in advance!

G4 MDD, Mac OS X (10.3.x), 2Gb RAM

Posted on Nov 6, 2007 1:17 AM

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Answer 1

Nov 6, 2007 1:29 AM in response to Graphics Studio

Hi

Any of the cables should work, the only differences being their length, one comes bundled with a SATA data cable and one is a splitter, allowing an ATA and SATA drive to be powered off the same existing molex connector. I'd just double check their male/female orientation before ordering though. It may be a shorter cable is better to reduce cable clutter inside the computer. I picked a SATA drive that included a legacy molex power connector on the drive itself, to keep the cable clutter to a minimum.

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Answer 2

Nov 6, 2007 2:19 AM in response to Rodney Culling

Forgive a (probably!) daft question, as it's early in the morning, but does the SATA cable need a female or male plug on it to connect it onto the G4's 4 pin plug?

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Answer 3

japamac

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Nov 6, 2007 3:15 AM in response to Graphics Studio

Hi-

The G4's wiring harness Molex connectors are all female pins. So, you'll need a molex with male pins.

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Answer 4

Nov 6, 2007 3:41 AM in response to japamac

Thanks to both! (and excuse the slow early morning brain on the last question! 😉 )

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