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SATA Help Needed
Harry Potter:
That looks like a bracket for both the power and data cable.
See if there's another port on the back of that bracket which is wider than the data port, but ultimately similar in appearance.
If your powersupply doesn't have anything like that coming out of it, then you need one of these:
Edit: Just noticed you mentioned that yuor power supply does have one of those. Plug it in and watch it work. ;)
Samstag:
http://www.silentpcreview.com/article617-page1.html
--- Quote ---Western Digital's proprietary SecureConnect cable fits over the SATA power connector, but does not provide power to it. This means that the IDE power connector must be used when a SecureConnect cable is used."
--- End quote ---
What an absolutely stupid design. You'll need to plug a standard 4-pin power connector into the drive to get it to work. Or ditch the cable you have and use standard SATA power and data cables.
JeepMonkey:
I tried to use a regular SATA cable and the 4 pin molex power connection, didn't work. I tried the other power connection plug with a regular SATA connection, didn't work. I used the "special" WD cable with the 4 pin molex power plug, didn't work.
Maybe I could try using a regular SATA cable and the L shaped power plug instead of the Molex power plug?
Harry Potter:
What is the model number of your SOYO motherboard?
JeepMonkey:
MB is SOYO model SY-KT600 DRAGON PLUS v.1.0
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