Installation of the 2nd hard drive internal

I have a HP Pavilion a6750y, with an internal hard drive and a LightScribe DVD Super Multi burner.  The system is running Windows 7 Ultimate 64 - bit, with 8 GB of RAM.

I want to install a 2nd internal hard drive... If all goes well.

The original hard drive goes SATA1 on the motherboard.

The DVD player will SATA2 on the motherboard.

So, obviously, I chose SATA3 on the motherboard to connect my cable purchased and only plugged SATA 2nd hard disk.  So far so good.  Now the problem...

I did not know that the SATA drives have a power connector different than the old records.  So, a single SATA power connector goes to the original drive and the other for the DVD player.  There is no third party.

All other power connectors are old white 4 holes plastic ones.  And like 5 of them.

If I'm screwed?  How can I get another SATA power connector?  Are there adapters that connect to the 'old' white maybe?

Or do I have to buy a new power supply with 3 SATA connectors on this subject?

Thanks for our help.

-Mike

Hi Mike,.

All you need is an adapter like the one on the link below.

http://www.Amazon.com/Connectland-CL-CAB40021-Molex-power-cable/DP/B003L5D0OE/ref=pd_cp_e_0

Kind regards

DP - K

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