Hi, I would really love to solder my own adapter, but I am quite not sure if I get the things right. First, I would buy these three Items: PCIe Riser Card 1x to 16x Express Card 54mm Adapter SATA Power extension Cable I´m not that sure if the Express Card Adapter is ok, i read something about that they have to be full plugged. Is there a way to know it before buying? Well, my first step would be to cut off the blue plastic from the Riser Card and open the Express Card adapter. Then i would start to solder cables to the Express card Pins and the PCIe 1x adapter (I think i can´t just cut off the PCIe x1 Part and solder the cables directly to the express card?) In Addition i would cut off the Sata cable and solder them to the shown pins on the riser card. That should be all soldering i have to do in my eyes, but I have a few question belonging to the soldering plan. 1. From B18 to B4 is a grey Cable matching the two cables. Do i have to match the cables or the contacts or is this irrelevant? In addition, what is the Meaning of the pink dots on this cable? 2. The cable from A4 to A18 are also connected. Same question: Should i connect the cable or the contacts or do nothing? 3. Am I right to solder the SATA cables directly to the riser card? Greets, octobit
