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Nov 9, 2008, 10:01 PM
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Question about using a old molex hd as a slave drive in a SATA connector system
I am fixing a Dell 5100 desktop with a SATA hd and have an extra SATA connector in the frame. I want to use her old hd as a slave or secondary drive, but it is a molex connector...how can I hook it up?
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Nov 10, 2008, 03:57 AM
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Re: Question about using a old molex hd as a slave drive in a SATA connector system
   
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Nov 10, 2008, 01:28 PM
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Re: Question about using a old molex hd as a slave drive in a SATA connector system
How old is the drive? The older it is the more chances it will die on you.
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Nov 10, 2008, 07:35 PM
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Re: Question about using a old molex hd as a slave drive in a SATA connector system
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 ... but if it was used as primary drive, the chanses of dying out are increased... since it's the drive from which the OS boots up, this drive suffers more strain than the secondary or any other drive attached to the rig. every time the rig starts, the HDD has to go from a "cold none workable" status to a "go and do all the work" status, which is a pretty big strain for the HDD...
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