Re: [gentoo-user] Hard drive and PWDIS or pin 3 power disable/reset.

Mark Knecht wrote: > > > On Thu, May 9, 2024 at 6:35 PM Mark Knecht > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > I've looked for a adapter.  I couldn't find one.  That's why I > connected to a old rig that had a set of molex cables I could use.  > Luckily I had a molex to sata

Re: [gentoo-user] Hard drive and PWDIS or pin 3 power disable/reset.

I have a lot of drives like that.  Simplest solution is to cut the orange wire on the drive power cable.  Only down side is that some ssd may require the 3.3V power so you might not want to modify all the power cables.  I just had to do this so my sas drives would spin up.  Before I did it the

Re: [gentoo-user] Hard drive and PWDIS or pin 3 power disable/reset.

On Thu, May 9, 2024 at 6:35 PM Mark Knecht wrote: > > > > > > > > I've looked for a adapter. I couldn't find one. That's why I connected to a old rig that had a set of molex cables I could use. Luckily I had a molex to sata adapter. Do you know what they are called so I know what to search

Re: [gentoo-user] Hard drive and PWDIS or pin 3 power disable/reset.

> > > I've looked for a adapter. I couldn't find one. That's why I connected to a old rig that had a set of molex cables I could use. Luckily I had a molex to sata adapter. Do you know what they are called so I know what to search for? I'd buy a dozen or so just to have extras laying around.

Re: [gentoo-user] Hard drive and PWDIS or pin 3 power disable/reset.

Mark Knecht wrote: > > > On Thu, May 9, 2024 at 4:31 PM Dale > wrote: > > > > Dale wrote: > > > > Mark Knecht wrote: > > > > > > > > On Thu, May 9, 2024 at 2:12 PM Dale > wrote: > > > > > Can someone tell me how to know when a drive has

Re: [gentoo-user] Hard drive and PWDIS or pin 3 power disable/reset.

On Thu, May 9, 2024 at 4:31 PM Dale wrote: > > Dale wrote: > > Mark Knecht wrote: > > > > On Thu, May 9, 2024 at 2:12 PM Dale wrote: > > > Can someone tell me how to know when a drive has PWDIS and when it > > doesn't? Is there some term for it that shows in the specs and I'm > > missing it?

Re: [gentoo-user] Hard drive and PWDIS or pin 3 power disable/reset.

Dale wrote: > Mark Knecht wrote: >> >> >> On Thu, May 9, 2024 at 2:12 PM Dale > > wrote: >> >> > Can someone tell me how to know when a drive has PWDIS and when it >> > doesn't?  Is there some term for it that shows in the specs and I'm >> > missing it?  Or is there

Re: [gentoo-user] Hard drive and PWDIS or pin 3 power disable/reset.

Mark Knecht wrote: > > > On Thu, May 9, 2024 at 2:12 PM Dale > wrote: > > > Can someone tell me how to know when a drive has PWDIS and when it > > doesn't?  Is there some term for it that shows in the specs and I'm > > missing it?  Or is there no way to really know?

Re: [gentoo-user] Hard drive and PWDIS or pin 3 power disable/reset.

On Thu, May 9, 2024 at 2:12 PM Dale wrote: > Can someone tell me how to know when a drive has PWDIS and when it > doesn't? Is there some term for it that shows in the specs and I'm > missing it? Or is there no way to really know? I believe PWDIS is part of the SATA 3.3 spec so first filter

Re: [gentoo-user] Hard drive and PWDIS or pin 3 power disable/reset.

Rich Freeman wrote: > On Thu, May 9, 2024 at 5:12 PM Dale wrote: >> I'm looking at buying another drive. I'm trying to avoid buying one >> with the PWDIS pin. I'm looking at the specs to see if it says anything >> about the feature, there or not there. I'm not seeing anything. This >> is what

Re: [gentoo-user] Hard drive and PWDIS or pin 3 power disable/reset.

On Thu, May 9, 2024 at 5:12 PM Dale wrote: > > I'm looking at buying another drive. I'm trying to avoid buying one > with the PWDIS pin. I'm looking at the specs to see if it says anything > about the feature, there or not there. I'm not seeing anything. This > is what I'm looking at. > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Hard drive and PWDIS or pin 3 power disable/reset.

Dale wrote: > > Now to avoid buying another one of these drives again.  I really wish > sellers who should know would put in the description or list of features > that the drive has PWDIS.  After all, most buyers of small quantities of > drives likely can't use that feature.  The ones who do