You can try USB to SATA adaptor Cable:
http://www.amazon.com/SATA-Adapter-Cable-Power-Cord/dp/B001OOT804

On 20 July 2011 22:17, Shawn Guo <shawn....@freescale.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 03:01:25PM +0800, Shawn Guo wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 03:17:00PM +0200, Zygmunt Krynicki wrote:
> > > Hello everyone.
> > >
> > > I was wondering if anyone is using the SATA port on IMX53 loco (aka
> > > the quick start). The obvious issue is that of no power to drive the
> > > hard disk or SSD. Unless you have an eSATA enclosure and an
> > > appropriate SATA -> eSATA cable, how would you (or how are you)
> > > using this port.
> > >
> > > Three things come to my mind:
> > >
> > > 1) Purchase a random ATX power supply unit, connect the 12V rail to
> > > the disk, connect the SATA cable to the disk and the board. Short
> > > the appropriate cable on the ATX power supply to turn this on.
> > > (risky, looks ugly, unsafe).
> > >
> > > 2) Purchase a USB-SATA dongle, especially the bare-bone model, get a
> > > SATA power extender cable, connect one to the USB-SATA board,
> > > connect the other to the disk. This way we can power the disk from
> > > USB via the adapter and still use the SATA port on IMX.
> > >
> > > 3) Variant of 2) that could drive 3.25" disks. Purchase a 3.5HDD
> > > enclosure, take it apart, assuming it still has cables (not like
> > > most 2.5" enclosures that have cable-less connection to the disk)
> > > connect just the power cable to the disk and discard the rest.
> > >
> > > Each solution seems hacky and ugly to me, perhaps one of you has
> > > found a better way.
> > >
> > I saw Richard Zhu has a setup.  So I Cc-ed him for comments.
> >
> >
> Not sure what went wrong.  Richard did not get Cc-ed.  Another try with
> both his Freescale and Linaro addresses Cc-ed ...
>
> --
> Regards,
> Shawn
>
>
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