Question 1

I see theres a port to power up the HDD, how do you connect it to the PC? Do I need to buy something else for it? Is it possible to connect all 5 HDD to one PC (maybe all 5 HDD connecting to 1 USB)?

Accepted Answer

This bay has a connector for a power supply, which powers the hard drives just like it would if it were inside a pc. The drives are connected to a motherboard the same way, through sata cables. Basically this is just an external hard drive bay no real difference from one you find inside a computer. I use it for cloning. I have a power supply mounted on top and then i connect the sata cables directly to the motherboard or use a sata to usd adapter and connect it a usb port. Mostly i use sata to usb adapters and clone usb 3.0 to usb 3.0

Question 2

How do you mount/install hard drives into the bays?

Accepted Answer

The rack comes with little screws which stick out into grooves on the inside of each bay. Just screw them into the holes in the edges of the disk drives.

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