Mike Paff wrote:
On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:43:36 +0000 (UTC), root
wrote:

I noticed that power supplies that provide SATA cables
have 5 wires going to the drive. In order the colors
are yellow-black-red-black-orange. The little cables
that connect to the IDE molex connectors have only
yellow-black-red-black. What is the orange wire for
in the power supply cable?

3.3V

Thanks. The molex-sata power adapters don't have 3.3v
then. Do SATA drives need 3.3v?

See my next post for explanation.