yottabit
DW Member ++
Hi there, i bought a dell the other week which is sata throughout, i have a 400gb hdd that was IDE and i wanted to install this in the dell but had to buy one of the following:
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n27/memamon/R0139072-021.jpg
So i got that this morning and fitted the 400gb hdd in the dell with the adapter, the sata from the adapter to the motherboard is plugged in but the power socket (the white socket on the pic above) will not fit anywhere as there are only sata power cables not ide power cables, so i was wondering what i need to do to get power to the hdd? would i need to buy a ide to sata power cable converter etc?
Answers greatly appreciated,
Thanks,
Nick.
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n27/memamon/R0139072-021.jpg
So i got that this morning and fitted the 400gb hdd in the dell with the adapter, the sata from the adapter to the motherboard is plugged in but the power socket (the white socket on the pic above) will not fit anywhere as there are only sata power cables not ide power cables, so i was wondering what i need to do to get power to the hdd? would i need to buy a ide to sata power cable converter etc?
Answers greatly appreciated,
Thanks,
Nick.