DIY Making IBM x3650 M4 8x2.5" HS HDD Expander Power Spliter Cable

Recently I have project that needs to extend IBM x3650 M4 8 bay HDD expander and the kit in online shopping such as ebay, aliexpress are very expensive due to the card has SAS module.

The picture looks like below cost around USD $300

Alternatively , I found cheaper 8 x HDD expander and the cable with cheaper price and the LSI 9211-8i (Dell H310) will cost you around $60 which is cheaper then the expander kit.

But the problem is the power cable, you can't buy power splitter from above kit. So I bought two single power cable and solder to 14 pin 5557 molex connector.

14 pins molex, this one goes to motherboard.

16 pins goes to 8 bay expander.

You need to remove the molex pin with tools mentioned below.

Before I remove molex cable from 14pin 5557 connector, I use multimeter to test the connectivity from end to end.

I have removed one pin by one pin and solder to each other the attached back to the first 14 pin molex connector.

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