backplane assistance

[toolskizm]

hey guys, first time buying a backplane. I got this one:
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16817119404
The price was good and it got pretty good reviews. Anyway...the manual is horrible. I was wondering about this ljp3 on the back; it's for fan failure detection and temperature detection and prob something else. It came with SATA cable but nothing to hook that up with. And if I have it...where do I even hook these up? Also, if I'm putting four drives in this this, do you know if I need all four power connectors connected or what? It looks nice...but the manual is trash lol. Thanks in advance

 

[unhappy_mage]

You should only have to connect two of the power connectors (preferably of the same type - two molexes or two sata-style) to get all the drives to work. What do you mean about the cables not having anything to hook up with? The pictures on Newegg look pretty clear; is your case different? How about a picture of what you're having problems with?

 

[vxspiritxv]

Hehe, I got the 5 in 3 one myself (3 molex , 2 sata) I was wondering the same thing, stupid manual. Haven't hooked mine up yet tho, still deciding on which drives and raid card to go with, but thats another thread.

 

[toolskizm]

the box works fine. The thing I was having problems with was the little jumpers on the back. There's two separate ones. One of them is the ljp3 which has like 6 pins I think for the fan failure like I said. they just don't provide any type of cable for that. I can do without it though...I first thought it was something I needed for the box to work (my first backplane) but it works fine and all LED's light up. I think I'll be able to tell if the fan stalls...it's loud enough lol. Thanks for the help though.