AyGee Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 I'm gonna sound REALLY stupid going over this, but I'll try to do the best I can... I got myself a solid state drive not too long ago, expecting to be able to attach it with a single cable and have it done with. Turns out I also need a power cable, and since I'm running a mini ITX motherboard there doesn't appear to be a slot to plug a power cable into. So I have an extra cable dangling off my power source that I figure I should plug it into, but there's an issue; every power cable I look up to go from my drive to the power source has a female plug that's got four pins in a line. The male end plug off my power source has four pins in a square? I'm trying to search around Newegg, but all I can figure to type in is 'power cable for solid state drive,' which is hardly specific enough to pull up anything relevant, let alone the specific kind of plug I need. Can someone a little more knowledgeable give some advice? Or at least help me figure out what I need to get this drive working? Edit: If it helps at all, let's pretend this is the drive I'm trying to install - https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820156151 It's not actually the same one, but it's one of the only ones I could pull up because Newegg links seem to be broken as of typing this post. It's got the same connection types as the one I have, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fennecbyte Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 By your description, I'm guessing you need either this or this. Unless I'm reading it wrong and you're trying to connect a cable for a motherboard to an SSD. In any case, your SSD needs a SATA power connector. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fantasma Posted April 29, 2017 Share Posted April 29, 2017 yeah SSD s should just take standard SATA power, same as cd drives or any other periphs. goes straight into power supply Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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