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What is the name of the connector that is used to supply power to a hard drive?
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∙ 14y ago
There's different types of connections that lead to a hard disk. you'll have to ellaborate your question.
But..... I can tell you what the wires are....
- There's the ribbon cable. (flat and wide cable that connects to the back of your drive to the motherboard)
- The Molex plug (white and it has four pins) that powers your hard disks, it leads to the power supply.
- OR... The SATA power connector (which is black, has 5 wires (red, yellow, 2 black, and one orange) which connect to the back of your hard disk
- There's also the SATA data transfer cable, it's a thin (usually red) cable that connects to the motherboard to your hard drive. (it's a thin "L" shaped slot)
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∙ 13y ago
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