Why is there a sata Power female connector coming from my front panel?

[trixter9898]

I bought an nzxt source 530 as my case for my upcoming build and I was looking at the cabling coming from the front panel. I stumbled upon a sata power female connector and I followed it to the pcb of the power and reset switches. What is this sata power going to be used for? The manual does list all the connectors from the front I O and what they are used for, but fails to mention anything about the female sata power connector.

Update: there is another molex connector that the manual is going to power the fan hub and the front panel LEDs

 

[alexoiu]

It should be the connector for powering the case fan controller.

 

[Someone Somewhere]

Looks like it's for a fan controller - there should be a switch on the top for fan speed, and a PCB behind the motherboard tray with sockets for fans.

Appears to also be for some LEDs.

 

[makkem]

Hi
Are you sure it's a SATA connector and not the connector for the USB 3 sockets on the front panel.

 

[trixter9898]

Hi
Are you sure it's a SATA connector and not the connector for the USB 3 sockets on the front panel.

Yes I am sure the usb 3.0 connector is a blue rectangular shaped connector. The connector I found was L shaped and the exact same length as the sata power port on my ssd

 

[makkem]

When I first read your post I thought it was for an eSATA (external SATA) connector.
I have a Coolermaster case with this connector and you plug a SATA cable from the motherboard into the cable you have.
But your front panel does not have eSATA so I am stumped.

 

[alexoiu]

"All the cables for the Source 530 are sleeved black and of the standard variety. A SATA plug is used to power the rear LED light on top of the usual set. "
"Rounding out this chassis are two USB 3.0 ports on its front, and a button that controls a lovely, SATA-powered LED light on its rear."
https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NZXT/Source_530/4.html
http://www.legitreviews.com/nzxt-source-530-full-tower-computer-case-review_126980/4
http://www.maximumpc.com/nzxt_source_530_review

 

[trixter9898]

"All the cables for the Source 530 are sleeved black and of the standard variety. A SATA plug is used to power the rear LED light on top of the usual set. "
"Rounding out this chassis are two USB 3.0 ports on its front, and a button that controls a lovely, SATA-powered LED light on its rear."
https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NZXT/Source_530/4.html
http://www.legitreviews.com/nzxt-source-530-full-tower-computer-case-review_126980/4
http://www.maximumpc.com/nzxt_source_530_review

You know I did notice an LED on the back with wires going to the same pcb where the mysterious sata cable lead to... Thanks.

 

[alexoiu]

No problem.