Dell T630 SATA Power Cable (15 pin)

We have a really odd requirements with a mushkin scorpion deluxe card which requires 15 pin sata power cable and I cannot seem to find a single sata power cable any where.
The server that we ordered has additional 6 pin gpu connectors can these be converted to sata power cable (only able to find vice-versa).
Prasad

So I'm working on a Dell Optiplex 980 and it is a small-form factor machine. The manual states it can accommodate 2x 2.5 HDDs but the factory PSU only has a single standard size SATA power cable. The other one is used to power the optical drive (which I don't need, of course) and looks like this:Can I adapt this to a standard size SATA power cable so I can install a second 2.5" HDD?
Also, the output on the integrated soundcard is incredibly low. It's so quite that even at full volume, videos don't play loud enough (and this isn't a problem with other PCs on these speakers, so it's not the speakers or the receiver). Any recommendations on a PCI or PCIe soundcard that has an on-board headphone amp would be appreciated.Thanks...
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