Help - Power Cables

Begbie · 1 Feb 2011 at 07:07

Hi,

I've lost the power cable for my hard drive, so went online just now to find a new one. Which is harder than I thought. The cable am looking for goes to what looks like an old PS2 type connection? Any ideas?

Begbie · 1 Feb 2011 at 07:19

SuBsTaNcE said:
External hard drive?

I'm pretty sure internal is only molex or sata

No its the 12v power adapter plug for the exeternal HDD. Normally it would just be your normal plug in type but this is well similar to that of a PS2 connection but for power.

Can't think of its name, therfore struggling to buy one!

Begbie · 1 Feb 2011 at 07:22

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/Usb_firewire_hard_disk_enclosure.jpg

Here is a picture! Any ideas?

Begbie · 1 Feb 2011 at 07:27

SuBsTaNcE said:
oh, right, thought you meant ps2 as in playstation 2.

What you have is a 6 pin mini-DIN, I think

Yeah, thanks.

And its more expensive than what the HDD enclosure cost me :rolleyes:

Begbie · 3 Feb 2011 at 06:57

Delvis said:
Well the HDD pictured is IDE

@Op

So does this cabple go directly into the wall or does it go into converter? If so, is the other end the same?

Just a random picture from google.

Its SATA, will just buy another enclosure seems the cheap way.