Does this work with hotswap bays that depend on the standard connector positioning or does this only allow connections from cables?
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There are two versions, click the one that says "with SATA adapter". This is the one without that adapter that holds two drives but will not work on hot swap rails. On the SATA adapter one the drive plugs into it and then it plugs into the hot swap backplane.
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This question can't be answered because it is too generic. In other words, it all comes down to what type of case or hot swap system you are using as there are different ways and methods of sliding and locking it the drives depending upon the manufacturer. You will just have to roll up your sleeps and do the research for yourself.
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No, this will not work for any situation in which the connectors have to line up with where they would be, compared to a 3.5" desktop hard drive. In order for this to work, they need to offer a new product where the mount puts the SSD to the side of the tray instead of centering it.
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Yes it will, you can even put up to 20 hard drives with four 5 in 3 hotswap bays, thats if they're 3.5 drives if you're talking 2.5 drives you may get a total of 72 drives to fit. hopes this helps http://www.amazon.com/Icy-Dock-MB455SPF-B-Hot-Swap-Backplane/dp/B000KMAWHO/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1363722054&sr=8-3&keywords=5+in+3+hotswap http://www.amazon.com/Thermaltake-Backplane-Removable-2-5-Inches-RC1600101A/dp/B004G8QERK/ref=sr_1_5?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1363722107&sr=1-5&keywords=6+in+1+2.5+hotswap
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My USB attach point moves forward and rearward. I found that it is much harder to connect USB3 connections than USB2. I think you will find the design of most docking base will be the same. If you connector moves side to side return it.
1156716
Yes (note: it will only function if hooked up in the proper direction) I have mine on brass quick connectors .
1794710
I've never heard of a limit on that hot swap. The hot swap bay has an interface card behind it. That card then plugs into your mobo with sata cables. I'd start there and check the cables, then check to see if the drive in the bay is properly inserted when you close the latch on the front.
287868
As others have said, using angled cables would definitely solve the problem if the ports were to be covered. However, I have an EVGA 670FTW on the first one, and it sticks over the edge of the motherboard by about 1.25 inches.
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My experience has been that the Mac end of the cable does not obstruct adjacent ports.Hope this helps.
1724683
One connector of the 2-connector Y-design only transports power not data. As a matter of fact I'm not aware of a cable that allows you to do that.
365138
There is another enclosure by Acomdata specifically for PATA drives. It only supports USB2.0 connections, not Firewire.
884247
I used this board in conjunction with a Thermaltake V9 Black X Edition in a home theater PC rig I just built. I connected one of the 3.0 ports to the HDD dock on the top of the tower but you could just as easily route that to the front, yes.
1017137
I actually have the 4-port version and it works perfectly with removable hard-drives and it also works well with an internal hard drive that I have placed into a USB 3.0 powered external hard-drive enclosure.
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There are no jumpers on the adapter itself. For Master/Slave configuration it would be on the drive. But I believe most often "Cable Select" is used on today's drives. You can use one adapter per SATA Drive. My guess is that you are using newer SATA DVD drives on an old IDE Motherboard? In that case check the drives themselves for the pin layout for Master/Slave when being put on the one IDE flat cable. I don't know if it will work.
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I bought some long sata cables so i could run them out the back of the case. I also have a few raid controllers (perc6e) that have external cables. I did not use the built in power supply connector. I bought a dual power supply cable that attached to the mainboard. So when the computer was on it powered on the drives in this rack.
1521376
Problem with this connection is that it will not connect to your docking if it doesn't have to DMS-59 pin connection. You need to find a VGA input for docking station with dual VGA outputs.
525805
The purpose of the 24-pin connector is to connect a dedicated power supply to the rack, which is ultimately connected to the computer via an esata cable. The point of this rack is to expand hard drive support to the computer after internal mb connectors are in use. Although it could be used somewhat awkwardly as you suggest, there are other solutions designed for that purpose, ie the Cooler Master 4-IN-3 device module. I'd look around a bit, were I you.
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It will connect to a standard SATA cable carrying signal and power. Mechanical mount is another thing. I put this in an Apple Mac Pro, but got a mechanical adapter for the slide in disk carrier from a 3rd party vendor. Electrically, no problem.
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It just uses the bracket slot but it does use a molex connection and unless you're case has a good size gap on the left side, you have to run the power cable across the motherboard to the cable management slot, which bothers me but if you don't care about that then you should be fine. And I don't know if was just mine but mine stopped working after a month and I double checked the connection and even switched out a molex connection to trouble shoot but nothing. I would recommend it cause its an awesome add on but watch out to see if any LEDs burn out.