Swaping molex for sata connectors

Gibbs

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Hi all, am in the process of swapping a sata head for a molex head. I only need 1 molex connector and have 4 left which i want to convert to sata heads.

The thing is sata has an extra orange wire thean molex. With the help of google it says it doesnt get used and i have seen a molex to sata lead on ocuk with no orange wire.

This ok to do?

Also will be swapping out the fans in the psu to some slient high cfm leds ones.

thanks in advance
 
for Molex you only need the red, black and yellow wires.

The orange ones provide +3.3v - not needed for molex :)
 
molex adapters maybe cheap but it makes the cable longer and its hard enough trying to hide them without them been longer for no reason.

@XMS: i know the orange wire isnt needed for molex but if its need for sata then why is this like this:

akasa_satapsu_cable.jpg


No orange cable there as i said.
 
This may help:

The SATA standard also specifies a power connector sharply differing from the four-pin Molex connector used by PATA drives and many other computer components. Like the data cable, it is wafer-based, but its wider 15-pin shape should prevent confusion between the two. The power connector is known to be quite flimsy, as the thin plastic tops of the connectors (see power connector picture at right) will often break off when even the slightest force is used to wiggle it whilst it is plugged in (as is often required in tight spaces), rendering the connector useless. The seemingly large number of pins are used to supply three different voltages if necessary — 3.3 V, 5 V, and 12 V. Each voltage is supplied by three pins ganged together, of remaining pins 5 are for ground. The last pin, 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. The same physical connections are used on 3.5-in (90 mm) and 2.5-in (70 mm) (notebook) hard disks. Some SATA drives include a PATA-style 4-pin Molex connector for use with power supplies that lack the SATA power connector.

**Adaptors are available to convert a 4-pin Molex connector to 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 disconnected. 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. **
 
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