Serial ATA power connector mod to 4 pin?

DinkyDogg_

My power supply has just enough 4 pin connectors for all of the stuff in there right now, including hard drive and optical drives. I'm planning on sticking a cathode light in there, and I think it's gonna need a 4 pin connector. There are three serial ATA power connectors (I think that's what they are) which I don't use. I'm sure one could just stick on an adapter, but would it be better to just chop off the Serial ATA connector and attach a 4 pin one?

Your advice? Thanks!

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2old2care · Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2004 2:53 pm Post subject:

Why don't you get a ccfl that has the 4pin adapter built onto it? Don't some of them come that way?

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DinkyDogg_ · Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2004 4:03 pm Post subject:

Good idea, I'll take a look. I also just noticed that the ATA ones have five wires and the 4 pins have four, so an adaptor, built in or otherwise, sounds like the way to go.

Thank you!

mrmars · TweakNOOB Joined: 18 Nov 2003 Posts: 66 Location: MN

to gain more 4 pin connections you can add a 4 pin Y splitter.
see here: http://www.frozencpu.com/cgi-bin/frozencpu/search.html?mv_profile=searchstring&mv_sort_field=description&mv_matchlimit=33&mv_session_id=zjwbuajB&mv_searchspec=y+splitter&Submit.x=9&Submit.y=7
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FreeTheRock [banned] · Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2004 11:32 am Post subject:

he could do that but if he puts the cold cathode on the serial ata connection it will have a dedicated branch and will not mess with anything else.