this post was submitted on 23 Nov 2023
2 points (100.0% liked)

Data Hoarder

11 readers
1 users here now

We are digital librarians. Among us are represented the various reasons to keep data -- legal requirements, competitive requirements, uncertainty of permanence of cloud services, distaste for transmitting your data externally (e.g. government or corporate espionage), cultural and familial archivists, internet collapse preppers, and people who do it themselves so they're sure it's done right. Everyone has their reasons for curating the data they have decided to keep (either forever or For A Damn Long Time (tm) ). Along the way we have sought out like-minded individuals to exchange strategies, war stories, and cautionary tales of failures.

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
communick@selfhosted.forum
2
Is it safe to use a molex to sata cable that is crimped not moulded to power a shucked drive? (alien.top)
submitted 1 year ago by lemyeons@alien.top to c/datahoarder@selfhosted.forum
12 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

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.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] msanangelo@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

What is this 6 pin you speak of? Are we talking modular psu or OEM? The only molex I'm concerned about is the one that carries 12v, 5v, and a couple grounds. The only 6pin I'm aware of is normally for a GPU and that only has 3 12v wires and grounds.

Maybe some pictures will help.

[–] lemyeons@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Modular PSU, the 6-pin (but only 4 are used) goes to the PSU. Here is a image of the cables. https://imgur.com/a/C95FjRi

[–] msanangelo@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ok. All that is fine. There's no 3.3v wire to worry about. The drive won't miss it.

[–] lemyeons@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Cool, thank you for your help!