Micca EP950! - Page 54

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Originally Posted by jdubsss 

That would require splicing which is not really my fortre. I also don't know if I have a spare PSU lying around I'd have to check.

Leave it to micca to have some crazy BS power connection. This 4 pin header isn't something I've seen before after years of messing around with and building pcs.

You would usually only find that connecter in what is usually called a pico/micro computer.

Its not just a Micca thing, even hard drive enclosures typically use that connecter.

I have three lying around my office right now from non-functional enclosures.

I hope you are able to find and old sata connecter. Just be careful with prying the

connecter open and then just gently remove the original cables keeping in mind

the order of the wires. To help you out I will take the pics of mine that I promised

earlier in the thread so you can see what I did with the cable

I really hope you succeed, up to this moment my unit has been rock

solid where the internal drive is concerned ever since I did this procedure.

I am glad I bought it while it was still in production, it has served my needs

well.

Here are the pics as promised.

Please pay close attention to the one showing the notch in the

SATA connector and its relation to the wires. Basically just make sure the

Yellow wire is furthest from the notch then the black then red then black again

The other pics help with arrangement and wire length examples. I tried not to

get too long a data cable because space inside the unit is already cramped.

Lastly I am now testing this firmware alternative. The menus are a bit less flashy

but the unit is more responsive and the network speeds are much better over my

wireless network. Whereas with the original firmware gave me copy speeds of

5MB/sec from my laptop to the Micca I now get up to 12MB/sec.

The page is partly Russian but the firmware is in English

http://code.google.com/p/bast-castle/