SATA power connectors

I have an old external 3.5-inch HDD. For lack of a normal SATA-USB cable, I want to use its enclosure to connect a 2.5-inch SATA SSD to my PC's USB port. The HDD enclosure has a separate AC power cable. When I opened up the enclosure, I saw the AC power goes directly into the PCB, which has a...

I have a right angle sata power cable which makes it difficult to mount my SSD on the back of my Chassis. I need to get an extension that is flat and connect it to that right angle power cable. I am just wondering can I buy any extension and not have an issue with the PSU frying my SSD? I have a...

I have made a post a couple of months ago with the same stuff going on, same model drive, same everything. https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/drives-failure-in-the-span-of-3-months.3760384/#post-22683580 It is 11 months exactly as my Seagate 2tb HDD died in the span of 30 minutes after a...

So I have an Xbox one X that seems to have some problems with its hdd connector cable and I want to create my own adapter. Thus as i state in the title i am trying to understand what voltage each pin is carrying. The motherboard hdd power connection is this. And the cable going in there is this...

Hello, So 2 and a half years ago, or to be more precise, 28 months ago I got a 2TB Seagate Barracuda and I have been completely satisfied with the drive as it replaced a 12 year old Toshiba HDD. But 2 months ago while I was playing a game it crashed, everything started lagging so I decided to...

I'm Building a new rig and am opting for an AIO on account of not wanting a heavy cooling unit on the motherboard which may cause damage when moved. There are 2 that I am considering. The Corsair Hydro Series H60 and the be quiet! BW005 Pure Loop 120mm. Both coolers come with SATA power...

I bought a Lexar 128 Gb SSD I have another 2 hard drives for my pc My power supply have only 2 sata power cables So i can't install the new SSD as it needs a power cable Is there any solution or adapter to use the SSD without removing 1 hard disk

I have been hunting for replacements for this cable (I want black, red, or black/red cabling) to lose the hotdog colors in the back of my fully tempered glass case. I assume by now they are IDE/FDD or Molex of some sort but I wouldn't trust my gut on the needed voltage and such as the wire or...

To whom it may concern, Any advice or knowledge you can share would be appreciated. I have an older gaming rig that I have been upgrading over the last 10 years or so. As could be expected, my initial Hard Drive is nearly full & I am looking to add additional storage via a Samsung...

hi, my cpu i5-4670k, gpu - zotac 1050ti mini, mobo- gigabyte z87x-ud3h, bios version F10b, psu corsair cs650m , ram 4x4gb @1600 mhz, MX 500 500gb ssd, WD 1TB sata internal hdd, AHCI,windows10, is it ok to supply power to my both SSD and HDD using same single sata power cable from psu?

I’m in urgent need of a Sata power cable to hook up a disc reader so I can re-install Windows on my broken PC. I had one lurking about in my PC but it’s too wide (Takes up about half of the data slot). I have counted it’s a 15 pin that I tried and looking around online there doesn’t seem to be...

I recently got the corsair 465x case, and off of the lighting node, there is a 15 pin SATA power cable. I think that the fans are not lighting up because I don't have this plugged in. If anyone knows where to plug this in, It would be appreciated.

Hi all, Ive been using these forums as a helpful pool of information for a while now, but this is my first post. I am building a PC, and I just want to double check that there are no compatibility issues with my chosen PSU before I order it. Heres a link to the build in pc part picker...