Hi, I bought a samsung 840, 120GB SSD. I wanted to install it beside my existing sata drive, but the existing drive uses the only sata connection on my desktop pc
I understand that the SSD can be connected using a molex to sata adaptor. I have spent several hours looking on the internet & already purchased one incorrect adaptor. Please can you help as I dont understand why i am having so much difficulty getting the right adaptor. I though they would be pretty common.
I need a 4pin molex to sata ssd adaptor. My samsung disk has 15 pins, space then 7 pins There is a good photo to view http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-Series-120GB-Solid-State. However it is also confusing. This is the actual drive that I bought but in the photo the connection appears to be female, whereas the connections on my drive are male. ie It has the brass pins and needs a connection that the pins will insert into.
On the existing drive the main 15pin goes to a molex connection and the 7pin has a black cable connecting straight into the mobo.
Assuming I can get the correct adapter, can i just connect it to any of the available molex connectors. thanks