Question Orange wire in SATA power cable neededfor HDD?

orinorin

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I was about to install new HDD until I realized few of the SATA cables had their orange wires missing.

Is it ok if I do it anyway? Will it cause any issues?


P.S I may sound dumb. Im new to PC Building.
 
when sata was new, orange cable was present, some old PSUs still has it, but some time later it was removed as it was not used by any normal consumer drive.
the only exception is NAS drive, here it is used for power down drive (when orange cable is connected, drive wont spin)
NAS drives like seagate ironwolf will not work with orange cable connected, any other non NAS drive will work with or without that cable
 
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