My SATA power cables are a little short

[Kaadg]

Both of my SATA power cables coming out of my power supply are a bit short. I tried looking for extenders but no luck. Has anybody ever seen SATA power cable extenders?

I do have the 4 pin Molex to 15 pin adapter I can use, and that would solve my problem because the 4 pin connectors reach easily; but I noticed the SATA power connector from the power supply has 5 wires going to it, and the 4 pin Molex has 4! What is that extra wire for, and would I be missing anything by using the adapter as apposed to using the regular SATA power cables from the power supply?

Kaad_g

 

[Kaadg]

WOW, I was hoping to get a few more replies than this.

Still searching for an answer.

Kaad_g

 

[stevty2889]

Using the adaptor will be fine.

 

[Kaadg]

Thanks, guess I'll go with the adapter. Perhaps that extra wire coming from the SATA power cable is for future use. I know they have SATA II and soon SATA III; it's hard to keep up with all the changes.

Kaad_g

 

[LTC8K6]

The extra wire is a 3.3V line, I believe. Not sure what it's for. If you'll look carefully, you'll notice that the SATA power connector actually has 15pins, most of which are unused. Why it needs a bunch of unused pins I don't know.