I found a "new" contact from the power supply, and it looks like the one. So most likely my problem is solved. Thanks to Wikipedia, and to you Charles for using it :-)
MaritimTim 2008/3/25, Charles Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Mar 25, 2008, at 14:08, Tim Øsleby wrote: > > Obvious questions, yeah. > > The answer seem to be no on both :-) > > Can't hear no spinning, so most likely it has no power. > > > > Another followup (thank you Wikipedia): > > "The SATA standard also specifies a new power connector. Like the data > cable, it is wafer-based, but its wider 15-pin shape prevents > accidental misidentification and forced insertion of the wrong > connector type. Native SATA devices favor the SATA power-connector > over the old four-pin Molex connector (found on all PATA equipment), > although some SATA drives retain older 4-pin Molex. The seemingly > large number of pins are used to supply three different voltages: 3.3 > V, 5 V, and 12 V. Each voltage is supplied by three pins ganged > together, while ground is provided by five pins. Each pin should be > able to provide 1.5 A. Pin 11 is used in newer drives for staggered > spinup. The supply pins are ganged together because the small pins by > themselves cannot supply sufficient current for some devices. One pin > from each of the three voltages is also used for hotplugging. > > Adaptors are available to convert a 4-pin Molex connector to a SATA > power connector. However, because the 4-pin Molex connectors do not > provide 3.3 V power, these adapters provide only 5 V and 12 V power > and leave the 3.3 V lines unconnected. This precludes the use of such > adapters with drives that require 3.3 V power. Understanding this, > drive manufacturers have largely left the 3.3 V power lines unused. > However, without 3.3 V power, the SATA device may not be able to > implement hotplugging as mentioned in the previous paragraph." > > So, in short - you may be able to find an adapter, and if your drive > doesn't care about 3.3v, it should work. > > -Charles > > -- > Charles Robinson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Minneapolis, MN > http://charles.robinsontwins.org > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
