Bures
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Trying to get an IDE hard drive to work via the SATA connector on my motherboard using a IDE/SATA Converter.
The (chinese) diagram which came with the converter shows:-
(a) SATA cable from motherboard connects to converter on rear of IDE Drive
(b) Case PSU 5 (molex)way power cable slots into a 5 > 2 way adaptor plug which again fits with a small white 2w plug onto rear of converter.
My question is this :- with this setup the 5 way (molex) power socket on the rear of the IDE hard drive is not connected to anything.
Is this correct or should I have a Case PSU 5way power cable plugged into this socket as normal practice.
With the chinese configuration, my drive has not been found on boot-up.
BIOS shows no SATA hdd
The (chinese) diagram which came with the converter shows:-
(a) SATA cable from motherboard connects to converter on rear of IDE Drive
(b) Case PSU 5 (molex)way power cable slots into a 5 > 2 way adaptor plug which again fits with a small white 2w plug onto rear of converter.
My question is this :- with this setup the 5 way (molex) power socket on the rear of the IDE hard drive is not connected to anything.
Is this correct or should I have a Case PSU 5way power cable plugged into this socket as normal practice.
With the chinese configuration, my drive has not been found on boot-up.
BIOS shows no SATA hdd
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