SATA Power Connector

[eXx08]

What does the SATA power connector hook up to???

 

[shawn130c]

They are used to power a sata hard drive kind of like the 4 pin molex you use to hook up a cd-rom or pata hard drive.

 

[eXx08]

i thought they used 4 pin too?

 

[eXx08]

See theres a 4pin connector

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ShowImage...ATA%203.0Gb/s%20Hard%20Drive%20-%20OEM

 

[V00D00]

Not all drives have both. That is a very expensive drive, so it has this useful feature. Not all drives are like that.

 

[EvilRage]

On some SATA drives you have the option of either using the SATA Power conector or a legacy molex connector. I use the molex on my two WD drives since I'm using the secureconnect cable that doesn't allow you to use SATA power.