First off, I apologize if this is posted in the wrong forum. I looked through and didn't see anywhere else that seemed more appropriate.
I ordered a Firewire PCIe card to use my FireStudio Project audio interface with. (This is the card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=15-287-011&nm_mc=TEMC-RMA-Approvel&cm_mmc=TEMC-RMA-Approvel-_-Content-_-text-_- )
The card came with a SATA to 4-pin adapter (the 4-pin plugs into the card itself). Forgive me for asking such a basic question, I'm not too computer saavy. But where do I plug the SATA into?
My mobo is an Asus z75 Pro3, and the only other SATA I see in my computer are the ones my DVD drive and SSHD have.
The manual says that it is only 'recommended' that the SATA power source be connected for extra power. Right now I have the card just plugged in the mobo, no SATA power, and it works. However with this interface I have I plan to be recording up to 8 preamp's simultaneously into a DAW, and I'm worried that firewire card might fail or something without the additional power when I put that big of a load on it.
Is my power supply just lacking the needed plug? Or do I daisy chain of some sort from the DVD drive to the PCIe card? Or is the extra power not needed?
Thank you all for any help.
I ordered a Firewire PCIe card to use my FireStudio Project audio interface with. (This is the card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=15-287-011&nm_mc=TEMC-RMA-Approvel&cm_mmc=TEMC-RMA-Approvel-_-Content-_-text-_- )
The card came with a SATA to 4-pin adapter (the 4-pin plugs into the card itself). Forgive me for asking such a basic question, I'm not too computer saavy. But where do I plug the SATA into?
My mobo is an Asus z75 Pro3, and the only other SATA I see in my computer are the ones my DVD drive and SSHD have.
The manual says that it is only 'recommended' that the SATA power source be connected for extra power. Right now I have the card just plugged in the mobo, no SATA power, and it works. However with this interface I have I plan to be recording up to 8 preamp's simultaneously into a DAW, and I'm worried that firewire card might fail or something without the additional power when I put that big of a load on it.
Is my power supply just lacking the needed plug? Or do I daisy chain of some sort from the DVD drive to the PCIe card? Or is the extra power not needed?
Thank you all for any help.