Question SATA Y Data Cable ?

[Starnet]

Does anyone know or have recently stumbled across a Sata Y Data cable (not the power one)
I currently have an SSD/HDD duplicator that uses a really crappy and cheap drive assembly. Since its arranged where it actually shares the connector with both drives it only require a single power/data connector.
I want to swap it out with a much better Kingwin one that has a separate connector for the SSD and HDD. Since I know I would only be using one drive type at a time I need a Y cable for the Sata Data port. So far my searches have turned up nothing. Short of making my own cable or somehow connecting the ports together I am drawing a blank.

Any suggestions?

 

[Lutfij]

Y-cable for SATA data, impossible. Y-cable for SATA data cable, yes they exist but you might want to look up how adapters are the primary reason for firestarters.

I currently have an SSD/HDD duplicator that uses a really crappy and cheap drive assembly.
You should look for a reliably built drive dock.

 

[USAFRet]

Does anyone know or have recently stumbled across a Sata Y Data cable (not the power one)
I currently have an SSD/HDD duplicator that uses a really crappy and cheap drive assembly. Since its arranged where it actually shares the connector with both drives it only require a single power/data connector.
I want to swap it out with a much better Kingwin one that has a separate connector for the SSD and HDD. Since I know I would only be using one drive type at a time I need a Y cable for the Sata Data port. So far my searches have turned up nothing. Short of making my own cable or somehow connecting the ports together I am drawing a blank.

Any suggestions?

What are you actually wanting to do?

Not 'attach with a Y cable', but rather the basic function you are looking to do.

 

[evermorex76]

Y-cable for SATA data, impossible. Y-cable for SATA data cable, yes they exist but you might want to look up how adapters are the primary reason for firestarters.

I currently have an SSD/HDD duplicator that uses a really crappy and cheap drive assembly.
You should look for a reliably built drive dock.

What is the difference between "Y-cable for SATA data" and "Y-cable for SATA data cable"? There's no way for the data port to be split to two different drives. There's only one signal. SATA does have the capability, technically, to connect to a hub but it was never really implemented. Maybe that's what OP has? Model information would be useful here.

 

[Starnet]

The replacement dock has a sata data connector for both the SSD and HDD bays, since there will never be a device in both bays at the same time I need the sata data to appear on both ports, thus the need for a Y cable.

 

[SyCoREAPER]

What is the difference between "Y-cable for SATA data" and "Y-cable for SATA data cable"? There's no way for the data port to be split to two different drives. There's only one signal. SATA does have the capability, technically, to connect to a hub but it was never really implemented. Maybe that's what OP has? Model information would be useful here.

Probably meant power for the second based on the fire comment.

 

[evermorex76]

The replacement dock has a sata data connector for both the SSD and HDD bays, since there will never be a device in both bays at the same time I need the sata data to appear on both ports, thus the need for a Y cable.

You're asking for something that simply doesn't exist and never could.

 

[Starnet]

I don't believe I am getting my point across. The new bay is a dual connector bay the old one is a single connector. And since a drive will either be in the SSD orHDD, never in both at the same time I need the SATA data coming from the controller be available in both location. Thus a Y cable. And for those worried about fires, we are not talking about the power connector but ONLY the SATA Data connector.
I imagine what I will end up doing is simply connect the 2 separate SATA data connections points together by soldering the 2 connectors together. If there isn't a noise issue it should work perfectly. Again let me put emphasis on this statement, there will never be a drive in the SSD slot and the HDD slot at the same time.

Obliviously this would be much easier if there was such thing as a Y cable (much like the old Y power cables for the old style drives)

 

[USAFRet]

I don't believe I am getting my point across. The new bay is a dual connector bay the old one is a single connector. And since a drive will either be in the SSD orHDD, never in both at the same time I need the SATA data coming from the controller be available in both location. Thus a Y cable. And for those worried about fires, we are not talking about the power connector but ONLY the SATA Data connector.
I imagine what I will end up doing is simply connect the 2 separate SATA data connections points together by soldering the 2 connectors together. If there isn't a noise issue it should work perfectly. Again let me put emphasis on this statement, there will never be a drive in the SSD slot and the HDD slot at the same time.

Obliviously this would be much easier if there was such thing as a Y cable (much like the old Y power cables for the old style drives)

If there will only ever be one drive, why does this need a "Y"?

With a single cable, just disconnect from the SSD, connect the HDD.
And in reverse.

There are limits to 'how many times before it wears out', but that is likely a few years down the road.

 

[evermorex76]

I don't believe I am getting my point across. The new bay is a dual connector bay the old one is a single connector.

You're not getting your point across because it doesn't make sense. Can't you provide model numbers and brands for the two devices? Is this an internal device? It sounds like the Kingwin is just two separate removable bays that happen to be mounted together, with no electronics involved so each drive needs a data connection, while the current one is an actual duplicator with a single data connection to the host the same way a multi-bay USB enclosure would work.

I get what you want now, but there simply IS NO USE for a single data cable to be split the way you want it to be in normal operation so no, you're not going to find such a cable pre-made commercially. Maybe some rando piece being handmade by somebody for the 3 people in the world that might want it.

Do you not have enough SATA ports on the motherboard to have both connected at the same time? Is there a reason they MUST be connected to the same port?

 

[CountMike]

You didn't write a single word about your system but.....if there's only one SATA connector on the MB and you have a single PCIe bus free you can get an PCIe to SATA adapter that would give you more SATA ports. Then you cab use more disks simultaneously.