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FYI, for anyone interested in that GP700 cable, disctech.com jacked up the price to $99. Dirty capitalists.
It would be nice to find part numbers for all the plugs and make up a quick wiring diagram to post here. I'd have to shut down my SAN, though.
FYI, for anyone interested in that GP700 cable, disctech.com jacked up the price to $99. Dirty capitalists.
There is no molex on the R710s. My old 2950s had one in the front, thoughThe Molex connector in the middle will set the pin out for most of that. $100 though? Wow.
The only one that is questionable is the little 4 pin coming off the SATA 15 pin connector, the form factor does not look familiar to me. All the other plugs are standard affair though. EDIT: Oh it looks like the female end of the Optical Disk Drive plug.
Yeah, the cable is great. Mine was $30 shipped, which was barely worth it at the time. It's a handy cable, but I can't see spending $100 for it.Damn ... I mean, they have the supply and we have the demand, so I suppose they can charge whatever they want, but that's just bad.
For the record, the R710 I threw the GP700 into is running perfectly, and that USB 3.0 card I connected is working great as well. No complaints whatsoever
I am going to try and make a schematic of the harness and find the parts needed for it. Should be easy enough to replicate. The trouble is, the server I'm using it in hosts the storage for my entire environment. Next time I take it down for maintenance (maybe tonight), I'll get a good look at the cable and see if I can find the plugs online.I bit on a refurb r710 for a VM host lab.
Im in the same boat as others... I plan to fill the 6 bays with drives for an array and run the OS off of one or 2 SSD's.
The only place I can find the G700 cable in stock is the $100 one at disctech.com, which I refuse to pay simply on principle.
Anyone know of another source or the current best alternative?
Thanks!
Dude that would be awesome if you could pull this off. It doesnt look like it would be all that complicated, but still would be a bit of work and if by chance one gets just one wire wrong there could be alot of smoke and the stinky smell of fried drives.I am going to try and make a schematic of the harness and find the parts needed for it. Should be easy enough to replicate. The trouble is, the server I'm using it in hosts the storage for my entire environment. Next time I take it down for maintenance (maybe tonight), I'll get a good look at the cable and see if I can find the plugs online.
I ordered the parts to make 5 off eBay ($20 shipped). You'd have to solder in the DVD plug, if you needed it.It looks like all you would need are these 3 parts:
And then move the crimped pins on the "p4" (12v CPU cable, whatever its called) if needed.
- 12V P4 4-Pin Extension Cable
- In-line 90 degree Molex plug with cap
- Molex to sata power plug converter/splitter of your choice. (most of us have tons of these lying around)
If the plugs are not the right shape (etc.) noting an xacto blade cant fix.
I believe this might be the one pictured above:
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817997049&Tpk=N82E16817997049
latter found by searching Newegg for: caddy ODD Laptop Drive Bay