HDD Powering Options

j05e · 20 Oct 2012 at 13:50

Is there any way of powering an internal sata HDD externally using usb?

kiel367 · 20 Oct 2012 at 13:52

2.5 inch or 3.5? for a 2.5 inch you could just use an external caddy adapter but that would involve using the data side of things through usb too

wazza300 · 20 Oct 2012 at 13:56

You need a Usb hdd dock

j05e · 20 Oct 2012 at 14:47

My case has esata so that's not an issue. It's the power that's the issue. I still have to open the chassis to connect it to PSU. I was wondering if there was something where I could connect it to usb to get power.

rpstewart · 20 Oct 2012 at 15:16

USB doesn't supply nearly enough power for a 3.5" disk. If you don't want to go down the dock route you can get backplate mounted molex sockets but you'd need to find the right cable to go from there to the drive.

j05e · 21 Oct 2012 at 05:57

rpstewart said:
USB doesn't supply nearly enough power for a 3.5" disk. If you don't want to go down the dock route you can get backplate mounted molex sockets but you'd need to find the right cable to go from there to the drive.

That's what I thought. Thanks though.