This is not for everyone, but if you need stocks of some Old School MOLEX to SATA power converters, get them now.
Only WAS $1, now 20 cents each so buy 10, 20, 50, 100!
Free Click and Collect from NetPlus Osborne Park, or $5 fixed delivery charge.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/2X-4-Pin-IDE-Molex-to-15-Pin-Seri…
isnt this the same adapter but two for $1
Ahah! You may be right although ours looks to be better quality and individually packet. Nevertheless, let's make it 20 cents each!
So that means I have to buy 15 from you to get them cheaper with delivery. - Or hope we need them next week rather than in a month.
Age old question really - Do you have more time or more money? Good luck.
These were very handy back in the day. Always good to have a few spares.
These are great for the HP NAS servers as you can use a SATA drive with ease.
I find the single molex to 2x sata the minimum in that case. The molex in mine is split 4 ways. USB3 card and 2x 3.5 drives plus 1 x 2.5 drive in the top bay.
^^ true - you reminded me that I had to solder extra connections to mine as there was only the one spare cable from memory.
In the past have made 4x sata out of old modular PSU connectors I had lying around. Dead non modular PSU would work to. Simply cut the end off, crimp some molex pins on and pop on a molex connector.
Prefer the ones with dual SATA end pieces TBH rather than just one.
Damn Molex. Ugly, big, with wobbly pins and ketchup/mustard wires. Just die already.
Hmm.. bought one of these from ebay [DIFFERENT SUPPLIER] once and my PC started smoking (luckily it was cable damage only).
Is there any way to check quality before installation?
Offer your PC a cigarette first to see if it take the bait? :)
I thought most power supplies would cut off on a short circuit of the power lines? Or maybe the short wasn't enough to trip the protection but enough to burn the connector. You could check for shorts with a multimeter.
+1 for choice of code…