[SOLVED] Proper SATA connector needed

[dannybo]

I need to insert the M.2 SSD in my desktop, but the only free port i have is the SATA one.
So I bought M.2 to SATA connector https://www.inter-tech.de/en/products/accessories/other-accessories/kt023a
which appeared to have a female molex port. So how do i connect it to power supply?
The only thing I can imagine is some male-to-male molex adapter. But does something like that exist?

 

[USAFRet]

I need to insert the M.2 SSD in my desktop, but the only free port i have is the SATA one.
So I bought M.2 to SATA connector https://www.inter-tech.de/en/products/accessories/other-accessories/kt023a
which appeared to have a female molex port. So how do i connect it to power supply?
The only thing I can imagine is some male-to-male molex adapter. But does something like that exist?

What motherboard?
What "M.2 SSD"?

Make/model, please.

 

[dannybo]

Motherboard - MSI H81M-P33
SSD - Western Digital Blue SSD 250GB M.2 SATAIII TLC

But for now, the issue is that the adapter has only female molex port which obviously doesn't stick with female molex port from the power supply

 

[hang-the-9]

Motherboard - MSI H81M-P33
SSD - Western Digital Blue SSD 250GB M.2 SATAIII TLC

But for now, the issue is that the adapter has only female molex port which obviously doesn't stick with female molex port from the power supply

What you want is this adapter https://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-M-2-2-5in-SATA-Adapter/dp/B00ITJ7U20

Or better yet return the drive and get a standard SATA one instead of spending extra money on adapters for the drive.

 

[dannybo]

What you want is this adapter https://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-M-2-2-5in-SATA-Adapter/dp/B00ITJ7U20

Or better yet return the drive and get a standard SATA one instead of spending extra money on adapters for the drive.

I wish it was that easy, but there is no free 2.5 slot in a system .
The only free spots are expansion slots and sata ports. So I assume M.2->SATA is the kind of adapter needed, but the question is how to connect it to the power supply with female molex only.

 

[hang-the-9]

I wish it was that easy, but there is no free 2.5 slot in a system .
The only free spots are expansion slots and sata ports. So I assume M.2->SATA is the kind of adapter needed, but the question is how to connect it to the power supply with female molex only.

See if there is another cable you can get for it, it's an odd power cable to include if the idea is to power it from the system PSU. There may also be gender changes but those are better avoided due to more things that can fail and cause a short/fire/melt something with the power supply.

You can also mount a drive adapter without a slot or use another free area, they are small and light enough that people stick them on with Velcro, or a Command Strip.

 

[USAFRet]

This slot adapter will take a M.2 SATA drive, and all it needs is a SATA data cable to the motherboard.
https://www.amazon.com/Adapter-advanced-solution-Controller-Expansion/dp/B07JKH5VTL