• Some users have recently had their accounts hijacked. It seems that the now defunct EVGA forums might have compromised your password there and seems many are using the same PW here. We would suggest you UPDATE YOUR PASSWORD and TURN ON 2FA for your account here to further secure it. None of the compromised accounts had 2FA turned on.
    Once you have enabled 2FA, your account will be updated soon to show a badge, letting other members know that you use 2FA to protect your account. This should be beneficial for everyone that uses FSFT.

SATA power converter

Potatocodone

Potatocodone

Supreme [H]ardness
2FA
Joined
Jun 30, 2008
Messages
4,859
Not sure where to post this (power supplies or hard-drive forum)

But here goes.

I own a Antec Earthwatt 500 meaning I only have 4 sata power connectors. Seeing how I max out and need two more I am force to use those sata power converters from the 4pin molex.

I notice the 4pin only has well of course 4 wires while the sata power cables normally has 5 wires from the PSU. Just curious will I be missing out on any special features besides hot-swapping?
 
I seriously doubt it would make any difference at all. SATA features are determined by the SATA controller and the drive, not the power connector or the number of wires coming from it. You'll be fine.
 
Huh, I got a [thermaltake :( [it was the only one they had]] trayless hotswap dealie, and it's powered by a 4pin power connector...
 
You only lose the 3.3v wires that virtually nothing uses (yet; if ever). You're not missing anything; hot swapping should still work fine.
 
Cool! I've been waiting to actually hot swap that thing for a while, don't wanna lose data...
Thanks!
 
SockMan! said:
You only lose the 3.3v wires that virtually nothing uses (yet; if ever). You're not missing anything; hot swapping should still work fine.
Click to expand...

QFT.

The 3.3V is in the spec, but AFAIK it's not being implemented by any of the drive manufacturers.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top