Alienware Aurora R5 optical drive power cable

edit: update

eBay search = Dell 1YMGT

interesting eBAY search term results for:

• 6 Pin Slimline SATA 15 pin
• Slimline SATA Adapter

refine your search terms if necessary

interesting adapter: SATA Power from your new SATA cable (see top photo)

example USA vendor eBAY result for above adapter (lowest price $8):

• StarTech Accessory SLSATAADAP Female Slimline SATA to SATA Adapter with Power

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I was contacted by a forum member doing an R5 PSU swap, on what DVD power cable to buy & try. This is the original DVD connector end for the stock / original 850watt he ordered:

your P4 from the 460w may or may not look like this

note that 4 Power & 5 DATA are separate cables

this however is the DVD DATA + Power cable seen in my A51 R2: it's fused

• white connector end with red + blk wires is a Molex/Peripheral 4pin Male
• it couples to the power supply modular cable that's eqwipped with Molex 4pin females

My recommendation to the other member, try a simple eBAY search for these terms:

• Optical Drive Power Cable 
• SlimLine SATA (or Slim Line)
• Slim SATA

the Male 4pin couples to one of your new Molex Female-ended cables from your pouch

You will get results, those results will have better listing title descriptors which you can use to narrow down a cable search. You may find these fused examples, maybe you can find the solo / discrete power cable by itself; regardless, if you go fused, measure your DATA cable, then buy one of these with the same length (ex., yours is 12inches, buy a 12-18inch, too long is better than too short). With what little time I had to look into this, I found the fused DATA + Power type, under the Slim Line descriptor, so at least it's a start, I hope these work for you and the other fellow, if not, report your findings to the forum where someone else might step in with a better clue than I've given here, this is all the time I have to dedicate to the matter so good luck