HDD GURU FORUMS

Hi!

I have an SAS SSD 800gb drive that i would like to use (didn't know it was SAS). My motherboard (Asrock b85m pro4) does not have SAS connectors, only SATA. Someone told me to buy this cable adapter: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01874KQP4/ ... BFbRS1YX51 ... (SAS 29pin to SATA 22pin) so i did.

I went and plugged the cable in + power cable, but the drive doesn't show...

Am i doing something wrong or should i install something...?

Is it possible to buy a SAS pci-e card and use it with the adapter cable or should i then also buy new cables etc.?

I've heard of USB to SAS, but i don't seem to find that anywhere + i want to use to SSD to start-up the pc and use it for some other programms.

I know it would've been easier to just buy an SSD with SATA, but i can't return the SSD or the cable so it would be kind of a waste of money to just buy another SSD... I'm just looking for the easiest/cheapest solution.

Thank you all!
Sumlix

I don't know i it helps, but it is a fujitsu 800gb 12gb/s ssd dx100 s3/dx200 s3 mlc.

SAS uses SCSI protocol, so it is not just a matter of cabling. If you do buy a SAS HBA, I suspect that you won't be able to boot from it.

sas card would likely be more expensive, in $ and time mucking about, than a 1tb SATA SSD

Just google sas pci-e

you can sell the drive to recoup something. Also some of the LSI cards have their own quirks, I have a server that was shipped with a card that never would work right, swapped cards and now all good.