Will a SATA device without pin 4?

[mikepark]

Since pins 1, 4, & 7 are all common (ground), will a SSD work without the middle pin? A problem caused the middle "pin" on a new SSD to melt. Do you think it will function properly and will trying to use it without that 3rd ground wire cause other problems?

 

[boosted1g]

Im not an engineer and dont know the design of the SSD board, and this particular question could very well vary from brand to brand.

With that said, assuming you have a half decent PSU and mobo, the worst that could happen is that it damages the already damaged SSD drive.

Now if you have a crappy PSU (which seems possible since you melted a sata connector) this could damage more components.

 

[mikepark]

Im not an engineer and dont know the design of the SSD board, and this particular question could very well vary from brand to brand.

With that said, assuming you have a half decent PSU and mobo, the worst that could happen is that it damages the already damaged SSD drive.

Now if you have a crappy PSU (which seems possible since you melted a sata connector) this could damage more components.

Thanks boosted1g. Sort of what I figured - not much to lose if it doesn't work. But I have been chasing this problem for a while now (with other threads here) and so far have no reason for melting cables on any SATA device I connect to this system. (Of course the 2 inexpensive DVDs and old HDD don't seem to be damaged - just the brand new 840 EVO. Can't find any shorts, psu shows proper voltages, and mobo has been replaced. So I'm nervous about plugging things in now. I want to test the SATA devices in a good computer, but don't want to damage it.

Neither the mobo nor the psu are top of the line, but I don't think either is so far down the list as to fall into crappy territory.
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