On 26 Feb 2012, at 15:26, Mouse <[email protected]> wrote: >>> the disk connector is a notebook disk, which is at most a 5V device >> Nope. Notebook HDs still use 12V for the motor. > > If so, it's generated onboard from 5V, bceause I've run laptop disks > from connectors that don't supply anything but 5V and they've worked > just fine. > > At least, assuming we're talking about ordinary IDE, which is what I > think Soekrises use. SATA I know almost nothing about.
Notebook SATA disks use only +5V from the SATA power connector. 2.5" SAS disks require +12V also but you won't be using them with a 5501. I have yet to see a SATA disk use the +3.3V supply on the power connector as it's optional. Chris -- Chris Boot [email protected] _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
