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Guest tek.prabu
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Hei!

 

I was wondering if it would be possible to replace the optical drive with something like a Startech 4-bay rack-backplane (with a PCIe SATA controller 6G to go with it).

 

However, I am a NOOB when it comes to wiring, etc and have no clue about how to provide power to such a unit.

  1. Would it be possible to somehow split power from the SATA-II cable that feeds the 2 optical bays ?
  2. Would splitting from the SATA-II cables provide enough power required by such a unit (2x...

 

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