Are SATA & Molex Voltages the same
I have one spare SATA power lead coming out of my PC's power supply. (Yellow | Black | Red | Black )
No Molex power connector is available.
I need to power up an internal SATA rack.
It needs a Molex Male Connector. ( Red | Black | Black | Yellow )
Can I safely cut off the SATA power lead and fit a Molex Male Connector?
Am I correct in presuming that the Black cables are interchangeable?
No Molex power connector is available.
I need to power up an internal SATA rack.
It needs a Molex Male Connector. ( Red | Black | Black | Yellow )
Can I safely cut off the SATA power lead and fit a Molex Male Connector?
Am I correct in presuming that the Black cables are interchangeable?
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note that an overloaded ps does not die directly; but it takes often time, and starts with getting strange pc behaviour
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note that an overloaded ps does not die directly; but it takes often time, and starts with getting strange pc behaviourNoted Nobus .... But I doubt I will have problems .... there are three hard drives, the motherboard, One fan (and no cards). The calculator recommends about 230 Watts which gives me a very good safety margin .... useful calculator! thanks Nobus.
>> The calculator recommends about 230 Watts << that's low but possible for base systems; you did not forget to put in all devices ?
and what PS do you have - in Watts?
and what PS do you have - in Watts?
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you did not forget to put in all devices ?It's a HP PC & PSU .... The PSU says not to exceed 320 Watts.
and what PS do you have - in Watts?
It's a HP Compaq Pro 6300 Microtower with windows 8.1
It came with a 500gb Drive .... I added two 3TB Drives (about 50 watts)
I think I took everything into account including USB and the card reader.
then you're fine; maybe some usb devices ? or external ones without PS?
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(I twisted the wires and used electrical strip and insulating tape).
Not as professional and neat as a proper adapter, but it's now out of sight and rarely to be seen.