A hot swap 2.5" drive bay for my new build came with a pair of 4-pin to SATA power adapter cables, to split off LED signals for the drives. The 4-pin end was as cheap as they come, and a pin came out while moving the cable to add another component. I wasn't even touching that connector, didn't notice, and fried a solid state drive.
(Trust me on this, I did an hour of A/B testing to prove this. My power supply would trip off instantly until I swapped out that drive, long after the bay device in question was in the trash.)
This reminds me of hauling lots of expensive dive equipment to an island, but being coached to rent a weight belt at the destination dive shop, to avoid flying with weights. A 25 cent weight belt buckle failed on me; I'm lucky it didn't kill me. They also make $20 buckles, but you have to know to buy one and bring it along.
From my first built, it was pretty apparent that 4-pin power connectors are the weak link in even a several thousand dollar build. I was pretty astonished that people put up with this crap. Sealed headphone plugs are the norm, even the freebies on an airplane. Why do all 4-pin connectors look worse than those A/C plugs you assemble with a screwdriver?
Of course, one should make one's own cables. Is there a Rolls Royce connector source, to put this problem to rest? Put differently, would you trust this junk on a heart lung machine?
(Trust me on this, I did an hour of A/B testing to prove this. My power supply would trip off instantly until I swapped out that drive, long after the bay device in question was in the trash.)
This reminds me of hauling lots of expensive dive equipment to an island, but being coached to rent a weight belt at the destination dive shop, to avoid flying with weights. A 25 cent weight belt buckle failed on me; I'm lucky it didn't kill me. They also make $20 buckles, but you have to know to buy one and bring it along.
From my first built, it was pretty apparent that 4-pin power connectors are the weak link in even a several thousand dollar build. I was pretty astonished that people put up with this crap. Sealed headphone plugs are the norm, even the freebies on an airplane. Why do all 4-pin connectors look worse than those A/C plugs you assemble with a screwdriver?
Of course, one should make one's own cables. Is there a Rolls Royce connector source, to put this problem to rest? Put differently, would you trust this junk on a heart lung machine?
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