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My MacPro 1,1 has finally died.  My main storage is an eSATA RAID, and I know there are Thunderbolt adapters, but they're expensive.  Have read much of eSATA mods on earlier mini's, some seemed to require removing optical drives, etc.

Does anyone know if, with a single boot drive installed, there is a *spare* internal SATA connector, to which I can connect a [http://www.cpustuff.com/esata-male-to-sata-male-cable-red-18-inches-cs6605-18i.html|SATA to eSATA cable], find some way to route it outside the case, strain-relieve, etc., and connect to my eSATA RAID?  Or is the iFixit two-drive adapter needed, even though I'm not installing a second drive inside the case?

Thanks.

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eSATA mod-- need adapter, cables?

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My MacPro 1,1 has finally died.  My main storage is an eSATA RAID, and I know there are Thunderbolt adapters, but they're expensive.  Have read much of eSATA mods on earlier mini's, some seemed to require removing optical drives, etc.

Does anyone know if, with a single boot drive installed, there is a *spare* internal SATA connector, to which I can connect a [http://www.cpustuff.com/esata-male-to-sata-male-cable-red-18-inches-cs6605-18i.html|SATA to eSATA cable], find some way to route it outside the case, strain-relieve, etc., and connect to my eSATA RAID?  Or is the iFixit two-drive adapter needed, even though I'm not installing a second drive inside the case?

Thanks.

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eSATA mod-- need adapter, cables?

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My MacPro 1,1 has finally died.  My main storage is an eSATA RAID, and I know there are Thunderbolt adapters, but they're expensive.  Have read much of eSATA mods on earlier mini's, some seemed to require removing optical drives, etc.

Does anyone know if, with a single boot drive installed, there is a *spare* internal SATA connector, to which I can connect a [http://www.cpustuff.com/esata-male-to-sata-male-cable-red-18-inches-cs6605-18i.html|SATA to eSATA cable], find some way to route it outside the case, strain-relieve, etc., and connect to my eSATA RAID?  Or is the iFixit two-drive adapter needed, even though I'm not installing a second drive inside the case?

Thanks.

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