Question 1

Can this be used to connect a SATA drive to a SAS port?

Accepted Answer

No you would need a connector that does the opposite of this. this is a female connector. You need a male one.

Question 2

Can this connect an SAS drive to a SATA motherboard?

Accepted Answer

Yes, this cable allows you to connect a SAS hard drive to a SATA controller that supports SAS drives.

Question 3

Will this connect an SAS drive to a sata board?

Accepted Answer

Yes, this cable allows you to connect a SAS hard drive to a SATA controller that supports SAS drives.

Question 4

Does this cord connect connect to the older optical drives that were in the HP desk tops which have like a 2 in cable?

Accepted Answer

No. this cord is for the newer SAS harddrives.. SAS drives are mostly found in servers.

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