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Post Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 4:43 am   Post subject: SATA Power vs 4 Pin Molex Reply with quote Back to top  
What are the pros and cons of using the standard Molex power connectors vs the newer SATA power connectors on hard drives?

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Post Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 5:12 am   Post subject: Re: SATA Power vs 4 Pin Molex Reply with quote Back to top  
LabRat63 wrote:
What are the pros and cons of using the standard Molex power connectors vs the newer SATA power connectors on hard drives?


New sata connectors allow for hot swapping... or so I understand...

though most SATA drives, and cards/motherboards, don't support that ...

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Post Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 7:55 am   Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top  
I could have sworn that win xp sees the sata drives as a usb connection....... I will have to check it out when I get home from work.

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Post Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 3:51 pm   Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top  
If you have a drive with both types of power connector, it shouldn't matter which one that you use. The 4-pin Molex connector is more secure, while the SATA power connector is more compact.

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Post Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 4:18 pm   Post subject: Re: SATA Power vs 4 Pin Molex Reply with quote Back to top  
anglachel wrote:
LabRat63 wrote:
What are the pros and cons of using the standard Molex power connectors vs the newer SATA power connectors on hard drives?


New sata connectors allow for hot swapping... or so I understand...

though most SATA drives, and cards/motherboards, don't support that ...


On my pc windows xp sees my sata drives as a usb device. so in theroy you could hot swap them. Not that i'm going to try it.

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