cableoptical-drivesata
I've bought a new optical drive. It's a Samsung SH-S223C with SATA connection (see the below image). Since it is OEM with no box, no cable came with it, so I need two cables now. Since I have an extra SATA power cable, it's OK, but I have to buy the data cable.
What type of cable should I buy? If you please give a picture of it besides its type as well, I'll be happy. My motherboard is GigaByte P43-ES3G.
Check satacables.com and scroll down to:
SATA II Device (signal) Cable Left Angle to Straight Connectors
Thats apparently a 3.96mm pitch crimp power connector. I can't seem to find any reasonably priced, and in stock things that convert that to sata. In theory, you could then build an adaptor off that, or you know what you're looking for.
(google trail from here to here then from here to here
That said, replacing the PSU for a standard sane PSU would be a great idea. Most OEM PSUs arn't great and yours seems horribly crippled.
Best Answer
A standard (internal) SATA cable should be required, Wikipedia has a picture (the required cable is on the left):
This will connect to the one of the yellow SATA ports shown on the bottom left (from GigaByte's webpage for the GA-P43-ES3G):