Optical #1: I'm using a SATA splitter to send power to my Blu-ray drive AND a USB 3 card in the PCIe bays.
Optical #2: SATA cable is plugged directly into a Win7 SSD for power & data.
I ordered the wrong type of SATA DATA cable, as a temporary fix: I used the extra/unused SATA3 data port on my x2 card to provide data flow from the Blu-ray drive.
The BD drive works without any problem so far and it has not affected my SSD, which is my boot OSX drive.
Although, not ideal--do you guys see any potential problems with this?
*I'm waiting for the Lindy SATA Extension/Splitter
Optical #2: SATA cable is plugged directly into a Win7 SSD for power & data.
I ordered the wrong type of SATA DATA cable, as a temporary fix: I used the extra/unused SATA3 data port on my x2 card to provide data flow from the Blu-ray drive.
The BD drive works without any problem so far and it has not affected my SSD, which is my boot OSX drive.
Although, not ideal--do you guys see any potential problems with this?
*I'm waiting for the Lindy SATA Extension/Splitter