Can't unplug optical drive's power cable from motherboard

[Jake_135]

I can't seem to unplug my optical drives power cable from my motherboard. I've tried pulling with reasonable force, but I'm scared I might break it. There doesn't seem to be a latch or anything for me to push. Any ideas?

 

[bnewlands32]

the way it is made you are supposed to grip it tightly and pull I believe. It should act as a release.
Why do you want to remove the optical drive?

 

[Phillip Corcoran]

Some of those 4-pin molex plugs can be real blighters to uncouple from a socket, I know from experience.

Try pulling one end of it and then the other end, several times in a kind of rocking movement, that should gradually get it to shift in a controlled fashion rather then trying to pull the whole plug straight out and it suddenly coming out, possibly jarring your hand against the system case.

They don't have a locking latch, they don't need one!