Are there any SATA power connectors that connect the drive activity LED wire?

[Mark R]

As title really.

Can you get SATA power connectors/leads/adaptors that provide a connection to the drive activity LED pin?

 

[WoodButcher]

Drive activity is reported by the motherboard.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

http://www.allpinouts.org/index.php/Serial_ATA_%28SATA,_Serial_Advanced_Technology_Attachment)

The data cable has three grounds, a TX pair, and an RX pair.
The power cable has 5 grounds, 3 3.3s, 3 5Vs, 3 12Vs, and a reserved.

"Pin 11 can function for staggered spinup, activity indication, or nothing. Staggered spinup is used to prevent many drives from spinning up simultaneously, as this may draw too much power. Activity is an indication of whether the drive is busy, and is intended to give feedback to the user through a LED."

It seems to me that the function would require a backplane or some similar setup to be used and wouldn't be provided by the power supply.

 

[Evadman]

Drive activity is reported by the motherboard.

Not all motherboards have pins for all drives. The PATA to SATA adapters I have allow a 2 pin connector for activity.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-001-_-Product

 

[WoodButcher]

Not all motherboards have pins for all drives. The PATA to SATA adapters I have allow a 2 pin connector for activity.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-001-_-Product

Maybe a sata hot swap bay would have something then, I hadn't thought of it. All mobo's I've used only had provision for the OS drive and this of course controlled through the data cable. As DX pointed out the 15 pin has capabilty and this must be the source for the hot swap and external drives that light.
I've seen lighted sata cable for modders but nothing to do with drive activity.