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04-28-2005, 03:54 AM
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Too much power for one line?
Since all of my hard drives are in a close space one stacked on top of the other, I was thinking about building a cable with six of the attached molex connectors on one line. Is this a good or bad idea? Should I just stick with a max of two on one power line and use multiple lines?
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04-28-2005, 04:04 AM
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Having trouble picturing what it is that you are talking about.
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04-28-2005, 04:18 AM
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Something like this...
Here's a ghetto 2d pic...
The top connection is to the PSU and each of the close connectors goes to a hard drive.
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04-28-2005, 04:37 AM
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i have seen 10 hard drives daisy chained on one line before...i guess it was a slave on top of a slave...i guess...wasn't my system so i really don't know
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04-28-2005, 05:02 AM
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He means connecting 6 power supply connectors (4 pin molex) in one chain, instead of the standard 2 per chain. As for the power I'm not too sure how it would effect the rails on the PSU.
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04-29-2005, 03:26 PM
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@aramp ... you've been around long enough to know to post in the correct section of the forum.... 
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