Weird Mobile SATA?

[AtrixRewind]

Okay. So I have some broken laptops that I decided to take apart. I took out the DVD drive (which I was gonna use as an external DVD drive), and there were the SATA connections. There was a standard SATA data cable slot, but then there was this smaller, SATA looking connector.

 

[USAFRet]

That would presumably be the SATA power connection.

 

[jarotech]

Hi, the connector is not weird, it's just the way is design for the optical drive. What you need is a SATA cable from the 22pins standard to 13 pins. Something like this : http://www.ebay.com/itm/Slimline-13-pin-SATA-Female-to-22-Pin-SATA-Male-Cable-/290387760568