Re: [BLUG] Black molex power connector

Its just like the white molex connector as far as I could tell, except
its black. I could see your point if all of them where black, but for
each power branch that has a white molex connector, there is a black one
coming off the same branch. It just seems like the black one is meant
for a different purpose or connector.

It seems to be working though, I tried using the black one for my SATA
DVD-ROM drive using a molex to SATA converter. I just installed CentOS
with it so I guess its fine. If its not meant for that, I'm only out a
$30 drive hopefully.

On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 09:35:20PM GMT, Simón Ruiz [simon.a.ruiz@gmail.com] said the following:
> Mark,
>
> I just bought a couple of new power supplies at Fry's to replace a
> couple that burned out on me (ugh, horrid smell...still raises the
> hairs on the back of my neck.), and they came with black molex
> connectors. I didn't give it a second thought, plugged all my drives
> in and they work.
>
> Does it have squeezable bits on the sides for unlatching it from the drives?
>
> I think they're just a sorely overdue update to the standard molex
> plug design. I don't *believe* they signify anything special re: the
> power supplied by them. None of my hard or optical drives have
> exploded, anyhow...yet. ;-)
>
> Simón
>
> On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 3:54 PM, Mark Krenz <mark@slugbug.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hi, not sure if anyone will know this. I bought a Supermicro chassis
> > and the power supply has some molex connectors on it that are black
> > instead of the normal white. Does anyone know what this means? I can't
> > find anything about this online or even on Supermicro's site. Thought
> > maybe someone here has encountered them.
> >
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