Shotglass01
[H]ard|Gawd
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- Aug 26, 2005
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Hi all. This is my first ever "mod". I wanted to switch on and off my hard drives in my system as I have 4 of them. I didn't want to use drive bays anymore. They seemed too clunky. This is really easy and is working great.
I did not want ot modify or alter in any way the power supply. So I got adapters to go between the switches and supply from PI manufacturing as seen here. You can also see the switch in the upper left. It comes with mounting hardware. It's an NKK model M2122TCFW01. I also wanted to use the SATA power connectors from the power supply.
I soldered in the resistor in line then shrink wrapped it all up. I found, since I don't have a heat gun, that the toaster works really well in shrinking tubing on wires.
The leads here go between the power supply and hard drive.
The switch all connected up using 1/8 inch crimp connectors I found from FrozenCPU. It's a tight fit and it's fussy, but it works.
The cable and switch complete!
Here I have all four switches mounted and connected. (Sorry for the low light).
The switch breaks the +5v and +12v lines as it is a DPDT switch. The grounds go through the entire length of the cable and are continuous. That way I never lose a ground in case something goes awry with the switches.
And the result. You can see drives 2 and 4 are off. SATA 1 is the DVD.
I did not want ot modify or alter in any way the power supply. So I got adapters to go between the switches and supply from PI manufacturing as seen here. You can also see the switch in the upper left. It comes with mounting hardware. It's an NKK model M2122TCFW01. I also wanted to use the SATA power connectors from the power supply.
I soldered in the resistor in line then shrink wrapped it all up. I found, since I don't have a heat gun, that the toaster works really well in shrinking tubing on wires.
The leads here go between the power supply and hard drive.
The switch all connected up using 1/8 inch crimp connectors I found from FrozenCPU. It's a tight fit and it's fussy, but it works.
The cable and switch complete!
Here I have all four switches mounted and connected. (Sorry for the low light).
The switch breaks the +5v and +12v lines as it is a DPDT switch. The grounds go through the entire length of the cable and are continuous. That way I never lose a ground in case something goes awry with the switches.
And the result. You can see drives 2 and 4 are off. SATA 1 is the DVD.