[SOLVED] How to adapt laptop optical drive to sata?

[NightHawkRMX]

I currently have a laptop used as a NAS.

I have a 2.5in SSD in the laptops SATA bay, but I am looking to add a 2TB 3.5in HDD to this laptop.
I would like to replace the optical drive and plug the HDD into the laptop via a cable. The problem is the laptops optical drive seems to use some shrunken sata interface.

Here is the optical drive: https://www.amazon.com/Panasonic-UJ8G2-Rewritable-Drive-T101377/dp/B01327KZF2

How can I adapt this to a 3.5in sata HDD.

 

[SgtScream]

I believe the terminology is micro sata to sata adapter?
https://www.cdw.com/product/Aleratec-SATA-adapter/2405403?cm_cat=google&cm_ite=2405403&cm_pla=NA-NA-Aleratec use Alera Techno_AP&cm_ven=acquirgy&ef_id=EAIaIQobChMI_aq1i4634wIVTb7ACh3LOQpYEAQYDiABEgJuePD_BwE:G:s&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI_aq1i4634wIVTb7ACh3LOQpYEAQYDiABEgJuePD_BwE&s_kwcid=AL!4223!3!359091169665!!!g!322119671968!
I didn't know this adapter/medium even exists.

 

[popatim]

You won't be able to put a 3.5" drive into your laptop but they make drive bay adapters that would allow you to mount a 2.5" drive inside one and slide that into the optical drive bay.

The slimline sata adapter your laptop has does not carry 12v that the 3.5" drive would need to spin up.

I believe the terminology is micro sata to sata adapter?
https://www.cdw.com/product/Aleratec-SATA-adapter/2405403?cm_cat=google&cm_ite=2405403&cm_pla=NA-NA-Aleratec use Alera Techno_AP&cm_ven=acquirgy&ef_id=EAIaIQobChMI_aq1i4634wIVTb7ACh3LOQpYEAQYDiABEgJuePD_BwE:G:s&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI_aq1i4634wIVTb7ACh3LOQpYEAQYDiABEgJuePD_BwE&s_kwcid=AL!4223!3!359091169665!!!g!322119671968!
I didn't know this adapter/medium even exists.

laptop optical drives use a slimline adapter, not a micro.

 

[popatim]

If you really want to use a 3.5" drive with your laptop, put it in a powered 3.5" usb3 enclosure.

 

[NightHawkRMX]

The laptop is permanently attached to my router anyhow, so I was thinking more of hanging SATA cables out the side and the 3.5in drive sitting on top of the laptop.

I noticed a normal SATA cable will plug into the optical drive's interface. The power part of the interface is different, and thanks for pointing that 12v bit out. I didn't realize that.

I have a USB to SATA adapter I was going to use, but I would like greater than USB speed.
This adapter consists of a Molex power supply plugged into a Molex to sata power adapter. Then there is a USB to sata data cable.

I was thinking of plugging the molex psu and molex to sata adapter to power the drive. Then for the data part I would plug a female cable into the laptops optical drive port and the other end into the 3.5in drive

 

[USAFRet]

Just get a wall powered 3.5" enclosure.

You cannot run a desktop 3.5" HDD from a laptop innards.

 

[NightHawkRMX]

What about with a sata cable connected to the sata port and the 3.5in drive powered externally?

 

[USAFRet]

Powered externally...how? SATA cable to where?

$24 gets you a USB dock that actually works
https://www.amazon.com/Cable-Matters-Docking-Station-Support/dp/B0099TX7O4

 

[NightHawkRMX]

I already have a USB dock, but i want sata speed. A standard SATA data cable will plug into the optical drive sata port.

The power wont, but...
I have a molex psu with a molex to sata adapter like this:https://www.newegg.com/p/37B-0006-0...NfoyoHX99MC5o_PAmC4aAk48EALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds
This came part of an external hdd kit of sorts.

 

[NightHawkRMX]

Figured it out. Powered the 3.5in drive externally.

I found only the power portion of the slimline connector is different from regular SATA. A normal SATA data cable can plug into the ODD.
Used a SATA female to male adapter. One end is plugged into one part the slimline port and the other end goes to the HDD.

It took some snipping of the cable, but it worked.

The drive shows up in bios as the ODD, but FreeNAS sees it.