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Sata Power source question

doccy · 2011-03-29 20:37:43

Okay, I'm not overly techy, so this might be a dumb question. I built a media PC last year. Everything's running great, but I recently added another internal hard drive. The problem was that I only had two SATA power sources so now my dvd drive is powerless as the two hard drives are taking the power. Is this an okay…

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29-03-2011 9:37pm

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doccy

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Okay, I'm not overly techy, so this might be a dumb question.
I built a media PC last year. Everything's running great, but I recently added another internal hard drive. The problem was that I only had two SATA power sources so now my dvd drive is powerless as the two hard drives are taking the power.
Is this an okay solution, or does it risk frying something further down the line?

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#2 29-03-2011 9:44pm
Telchak

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They work perfectly, there is more than enough power in the molex to power several SATA devices. I wouldn't bother getting them off ebay, as it's just as cheap to buy them in Peats or something (:

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#3 29-03-2011 9:49pm
doccy

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Thanks man, that was my next question!

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