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Dell Poweredge 1950 and USB 3.0 adapter card
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I have a Dell Poweredge 1950 and would like to install a USB 3.0 adapter card into it. Problem is the card requires power and I don't see a power connector of any type inside the server that are available to use. Any idea's?
Thanks.
Steve
I have a Dell Poweredge 1950 and would like to install a USB 3.0 adapter card into it. Problem is the card requires power and I don't see a power connector of any type inside the server that are available to use. Any idea's?
Thanks.
Steve
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Who makes the USB card? I am trying to figure out what type of power connector it needs... I thinking that you could get a splitter to pull power from a hard drive power connection. But that all depends on what the USB card wants as power...
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It's a Vantec UGT-PC312. Requires a 4-pin molex power connector. However there are no connectors available (molex or sata) in the server chasis. Hard drives are connected to a backplane and the power supplies connect directly into the system board. No wires or connectors available from the power supplies.
Whats the make and model of the card? All the cards I have used didn't require extra power.
ASKER
If I can find a card that doesn't require power that would be perfect.
Hmmm you do have a point... I looked at the dell site at the hardware manuals... The only possible point that I could think of taking power for the unit would be the power for the slim CD rom drive.
Of course the pdf's didn't really give a clear picture of the setup, but it appears to be the standard power connector for a Sata CD rom drive... You might be able to do something with that... It will be some type of custom cable that you would most likely have to build yourself.
You can't touch the fans... Those are the four wire connectors used on their server fans...
Good Luck... Be Careful, and maybe somebody will come up with a better idea than mine.
Of course the pdf's didn't really give a clear picture of the setup, but it appears to be the standard power connector for a Sata CD rom drive... You might be able to do something with that... It will be some type of custom cable that you would most likely have to build yourself.
You can't touch the fans... Those are the four wire connectors used on their server fans...
Good Luck... Be Careful, and maybe somebody will come up with a better idea than mine.
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The USB hard drives we use are the 2.5 inch portables which do pull all their power from the USB port. Powered USB hub is an excellent idea. I will give that a try and let you know. Thanks.
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Purchased a Bytecc BT-UH340 USB 3.0 powered hub. I set it up and plugged it into the USB card in the server. The first time I moved the device to arrange it a little better on top of the server the connector inside the device snapped off the circiut board. It now sounds like a baby rattle. It will be going back to MicroCenter. The good news is I decided to test the drive plugged directly into the card. The system recognized the drive and it has been working fine for 2 days. This was not the case when I tried this in a desktop. PCI-e slot in server gives it more power? Not sure. Thanks to everyone for the effort to help.
Steve
Steve