brian r Posted April 2, 2010 Report Share Posted April 2, 2010 I've got my 8 year old work computer and it has a SATA drive. It needs a new one so I ordered one from Tiger Direct. The old HHD has a 4 pin power connector just like the CD/ DVD drives and floppys have. The new one doesn't. I installed the new one any how, and the computer doesn't recognize it. Any one seen this problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
copemech Posted April 2, 2010 Report Share Posted April 2, 2010 I think you may need an EIDE drive! They are harder to find nowdays, but available. I ran into this with this old POS in the shed last year! I started to call you while passing by Shelbyville on Tuesday morn while returning from TTC, figured you were working and I could not take out from that grueling 12hr drive, as much as I would like to have. A call and invite would have just made the drive that much worse! Hate it. Your name was mentioned by James the Brit! Said you did his plate! We were wondering about the process? Cheers, MC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shooter308 Posted April 2, 2010 Report Share Posted April 2, 2010 You can just get a 4 pin molex to sata power connector cable. Any computer shop should have one or you can get one off of Ebay for cheap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian r Posted April 2, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2010 I don't think I mentioned that the old drive IS a SATA drive, it just has the extra 4 pin power going to it along with the SATA cable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian r Posted April 2, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2010 Where do we add pictures now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tt5th Posted April 3, 2010 Report Share Posted April 3, 2010 You can just get a 4 pin molex to sata power connector cable. Any computer shop should have one or you can get one off of Ebay for cheap. What this man said! And you might have to run some software from the disk manufacturer to get the pc to recognize and format the new disk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian r Posted April 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2010 I've got one on the way. Crossing my fingers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian r Posted April 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 Everything went fine. Recognized the drive. Installed the OS. Working great. Thanks gents ( and Cope) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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