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Is it safe to use a molex to sata cable that is crimped not moulded to power a shucked drive? (alien.top)
submitted 2 years ago by [B] to c/datahoarder@selfhosted.forum
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I don't have kapton tape or want to cut wires as I don't have a spare sata power cable. However I do have a molex power cable and a molex to sata 3.3 adapter that came with my Seasonic Focus GX-750 PSU. It only has 4 wires and does not contain a wire for 3.3v power. The sata connector is crimped and not moulded. My shucked WD180EDGZ-11BLDS0 seems to require the 3.3v pin fix.

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[–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

Personally I will forever be a 3.3v cutter. Have yet to see a sata device that required it, if anyone wants to correct me with a modern sata drive of the last 10 years that needs it, I’d love to be corrected.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    It is not even part of the spec anymore because almost nothing used it. The idea makes a bit of sense when you consider that micro HDDs were a thing for some time and newer M.2 connector is 3.3v only.

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