Finally a usefull video. Some are buying an enclosure but i was looking for converting 2.5 enclosure to 3.5. thanks to this video, i dont have to spend again.

To anyone doing this: although you may solder the 12v wire to any of the 3 pins for 12v, make sure to let some soldering lead run over the other 2 pins as well, to connect all 3. There is a reason for having 3 pins of the same, since the contacts are so small, each one one them can pass only about 1.5 A of current. So if the hard drive happens to want to draw more, problems can arise when the power supply is connected via just one tiny pin. Just my two cents.

@sjm4306

3 жыл бұрын

The three pins should be all shorted together to a single larger copper plane trace on the pcb but yes it's never a bad idea to increase connection surface area/current capability for higher current connections.

@nathanielfuentes5294

3 жыл бұрын

Power draw on my WD Caviar Black circa 2007 is 12VDC .55A

@sjm4306

2 жыл бұрын

The power supply requirements are the same no matter the data connection, 5V at around 1A and 12V at around 1-2A depending on the drive. For internal sata then you'd just need an adapter to connect the data portion of the connector.

@Dikwili

2 жыл бұрын

How would one go about doing this method with a molex power cable to power an IDE HDD? I’ve looked everywhere for a guide and can’t find anything.

@tomgreysk

2 жыл бұрын

OK this is the positive wire and negatív wire GO where?

This worked flawlessly. THANK YOU so much. My PC had some important data in it I restored it all

Thanks for the explanation. Won't be making a DIY cable like you, but is good to know that the issue is because the larger drives simply wont do anything if they have less than a 12 V supply connected. cheers

@Deliquescentinsight

4 жыл бұрын

You can rig up a power connection if you have power unit externally available , just use the provided cable/adaptor, can be done.

This is AWESOME! No bullshit talking, no this or that. The info what is needed is here. Thank you very much! Subbed! :)

Thanks for sharing this. Now I'm looking into modding my own.

once again best ideas solve a problem, good advice to use a REGULATED 12v DC PSU , many thanks for the idea and upload

@chard5106

3 жыл бұрын

yes it is right, all 12 volts DC adapters are finely regulated, AUTO volts at input. (100~240 Volts AC)

@krzbrew

3 жыл бұрын

So, I've been trying several 12V adapters, 3A and 5A, notebook-style, but no-one of them seems to output voltage when connected to this contraption. They do work with notebooks and monitors they were intended for. Any solution to that? Yeah, I checked the continuity and it is present until the SATA contacts on the drive. The drive is working as well in the PC when mounted internally.

@DazzaDirect

3 жыл бұрын

@@krzbrew some drives require the 5v too from usb , also some psu's need a load to stay on, you mentioned checking for continuity which is good, have you checked at the sata socket for the 12v DC and 5vDC to see if they are there, ;-]

@krzbrew

3 жыл бұрын

@@DazzaDirect 5V is there, 12V is not there.

I'm definitely going to use this, cool video

Thumbs up on the tutorial! I tried it and had no luck powering up three different 3.5" HDD's. I'll have to try another way. Thanks for the info though.

@maze42d

5 жыл бұрын

What curent was the supply? I could't get a drive spinning on .5A supply, on 2A it ran completely fine.

@sjm4306

5 жыл бұрын

I used a 2A supply as well and it worked on all my 3.5" hdds

@marcusaplin

3 жыл бұрын

Daniel Choutka “switching” power supply is most likely needed

@joshvanderwall9372

3 жыл бұрын

​@@maze42d I used a 12V 2A DC power supply. They would actually spool up, but the computer wasn't able to recognize any of them through the USB port. It could be a bad SATA cable. I've had a problem with SATA cables before.

Thanks you man! This is very useful, keep pushing UP New tricks

you my friend are a life saver...just ripped a 3.5hdd out of an old sky hd box.... after 2hrs of frustration i only learnt that the 3.5 hdd need 12v to operate properly unlike the 3.0 and 2.5,s.Thats why it my laptop wouldn't read it as it wasn't even powering up. 10/10

@k1ortia

4 жыл бұрын

Just done this mod...it works flawlessly. I used an old 12v adapter, putting out 1.5amps. Soldered the positive and negative as shown, and it came straight up on my laptop. Thank you

@sjm4306

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome, glad to hear!

@hiphopworld207

Жыл бұрын

can i connect the black 12 wire on the black cable

This worked perfectly, Thanks

i knew it, its about power thats why i cant test my newly bought 3.5" with my sata cable that is meant for a 2.5" nice video

Works perfectly. Thank you very much!!!...

Thats really nifty.

@ElvisRamirez

6 жыл бұрын

you said it!!

Thank you . works perfect !!!

exactly what i was looking for

Thank you for your sharing, i have an adapter but it use a separate cable called am-microbm, can you tell me where to solder the nagative wire on the adapter board, or can i solder it to one of the COM pins on the sata power pin (10th,11th,12th). Thank you!

Works!!! Like a charm! Thank *youuuuuuuuuu*

yeah i figured my 3.5's HDD didnt have enough power just using the 2.5 USB adapter, unfortunately, I don't own a soldering gun or other neat tools. But TY for confirming that you do need more power for the 3.5,

Nice simple mod.

Whst a beautiful intro !

Thanks for your tricks ! Very usefull 👍 For the 12V power supply, could you tell me what polarity to use please ? I have the adaptator from my guitar pedals, but I dont know which polarity to chose for my Seagate ironwolf. Many thanks SMJ

@sjm4306

19 күн бұрын

Always double check with a multimeter, don't just trust the polarity label on the adapter.

I wish I would have seen this before I bought more adapters. I had 3 of these wires already. I popped one apart today and had no problem making it work. If I can do it anyone can. Funny thing is today my adapters showed up in the mail after I had thought they had been lost (or never sent; ebay/China, nugh said). Anyway at least I found them on the cheap but this was fun to do. Thanks, I have subscribed to your channel and it looks like I'll be having a lot more fun in the near future.

@sjm4306

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I hope you find more videos on my channel that you like.

@kirkmcintyre5745

4 жыл бұрын

@@sjm4306 I'm actually looking for a way to fix sata to usb bridge card. I have 2. One is an enclosure that started kicking out (I think overheating) and the other came out of a 5tb seagate. It worked fine for a long time then just died. Let me know if you have any ideas or maybe you might make it into a future.video

@sjm4306

4 жыл бұрын

Do the 2 cards still spin up an attached drive but not enumerate when plugged into a computer or do they do nothing at all?

@kirkmcintyre5745

4 жыл бұрын

@@sjm4306 The enclosure works fine but if it's been on for a long time it kicks out and I must leave it off for a while before it will work again, making it difficult to transfer large files. The bridge I took out of the 5TB Seagate doesn't do anything. It worked fine and died suddenly. Hoping it can have a capacitor switched or something.

@kirkmcintyre5745

4 жыл бұрын

I will send you my email if you prefer to message privately.

could you tell us and make a vedio how you made this cable

Thanks you brother this is tutorial the best work

i have many files in my 3.5 hdd, and i wanted to use it to my laptop as external but i want it to be modified, im wondering if i can use the dvd rom of the laptop to be modified connected to my 3.5 hdd, can someone do this kindi of scenario to help me.

Brilliant just done one last 3 pins soldered together to 12v plus + Black to earth on usb black - Saved my bacon my docking station died due to short out on the mains Saved me £40 uk I did double check the pin data lol Nice video dude 👍

@sjm4306

Жыл бұрын

Happy hearing that this simple hack helped someone

This worked, thank you so much!

@LeahcimSsadlama

3 жыл бұрын

Hey can u tell me how many volts and amps u supplied to ur hdd and the type/model of ur hdd, thanks

@woodrunner51

3 жыл бұрын

@@LeahcimSsadlama nope, i havent measured it. It was a pretty chunky old 1TB HDD, i think it had 12V 0.5A written on it

Hi. I found your video really educating. I would just like to ask. I have a 3.5 HDD, the thing is, I found this adapter online for sale that is made for 2.5" and 3.5" Sata HDD already. The thing is, the package doesn't come with the power supply even though it has a port for one, just the adapter itself because it won't need external power supply for 2.5s. Just like to ask what is the safe voltage of power supply should I use for the 3.5s. I mean, you mentioned 12V, but i'm guessing that's the minimum? Would it be bad if I use 15V if I ever found one?

@sjm4306

4 жыл бұрын

3.5" drives require 12V for the motor electronics (this is a nominal rating not a min or max!), nothing more (15V will almost definitely blow something up) and nothing less (which will not spin up the drive). 12V adapters for use with routers are dirt cheap and commonly available at most thrift stores that have an electronics section, and any computer electronics store should have a few in stock. Hope this helps.

Excellent video. Quick question. Can I somehow easily determine which connection is the ground with the volt reader? I messed around in the little USB circuit board and can't figure out where to solder the ground wire.

@sjm4306

5 жыл бұрын

The ground of a circuit is almost always any pad connected to exposed metal shells of usb female connectors, the large copper plane that surrounds everything, or easily any black wire coming or going to usb leads. To verify set your meter on beep continuity mode, plug the sata adapter into an unpowered drive, hold one of your multimeter probes on one of the screws on the hdd pcb, tap the other probe on a suspected ground point on the sata adapter board and if it beeps when held then it is ground.

@aniyahudi

5 жыл бұрын

@@sjm4306 thank you so much sir.

I have segate expansin and seagate backup plus external hdd I have question that can i use 12 volt 1 amp for powering the hdd ? Please replay me its urgent for me Thanks

@sjm4306

3 жыл бұрын

It'll probably work fine, but if it doesn't have enough power to start then I'd suggest going with a 12v 2a supply to be safe.

It's smart, because buying an external 3.5 hard drive enclosure is expensive, since they have their own power supply and are also over priced on top of that, here in Australia buying one from an online Australian store that can take 2 hard drives costs at least 125 dollars, which is a total waste of money. Yet you have made the same thing right here for a few dollars, enabling you to use USB and connect your powered 3.5 inch drive to your computer.

Awesome advice Works well. 10min and done

big help. thanks.

Looks convienient. Ive had trouble with those.

what shouldbe the power input to 2.5 inch HDD with externalpower source ? I want to use the only external power . Any suggestions

@sjm4306

5 жыл бұрын

A 2.5" hdd only requires 5V

hey, do you know how to do that with a sata extension cable? coz my laptop cannot provide enough power for my 3.5 inch hdd,

@sjm4306

5 жыл бұрын

You would need to splice into the power side of the extension cable. Use this image (i.stack.imgur.com/HB4Mc.gif) to splice in 12V and ground (pin with the same name are all tied together) like I did for my adapter in this video but wired straight to the sata power connector going to the 3.5 hdd.

Awesome video, thanks for making and sharing! I just have one question. When soldering the power lead to the sata cable, do you have to get it on ONE of the connections? Will it affect the power to hard drive if you get solder on the other 3 contacts for the 12 v supply? Thanks again!

@sjm4306

5 жыл бұрын

One lead or all three wouldnt make much of a difference, just make absolutely sure not to bridge with any adjacent pins that arent 12V or you could blow the board/hdd.

@michaelcottrell6931

5 жыл бұрын

@@sjm4306 Thanks for your fast reply! I got it done, but when I plug in the hard drive, I can feel it start spinning then stops. I checked with 2.5" latop HDD I have and it still works. I made sure it is 12v output. I put HDD in comp make sure it works. It just starts to spin up then nothing. Any ideas on that?

@sjm4306

5 жыл бұрын

@@michaelcottrell6931 What current is your 12V adapter rated for? If it is too small then the drive will not have enough power to fully spin up. It is a good idea to have at least 2A.

@michaelcottrell6931

5 жыл бұрын

@@sjm4306 It shows on the adapter 12v output and 1000mA? Is that enough to power up the hard drive?

@sjm4306

5 жыл бұрын

1000mA is a bit low, best to use 2000mA

Are u able to solder the wires back onto the board from the usb tip mines came off

@sjm4306

3 жыл бұрын

Should be easy to just strip back the wires and resolder

If you plug in both USB's, Will that provide the additional power needed to spin up the 3.5?

@sjm4306

5 жыл бұрын

The USB will only supply the 5V rail, 3.5 hdds also require 12V which is why I had to solder the additional wires to an external 12V ac adapter.

Is there a video of this with more explanation on the process of making the mod?

If I have smps. Can I connect it to Hd by shorting black and green wire. Instead of doing this procedure. Will it work?

@sjm4306

3 жыл бұрын

Yes but just double check your 12v wiring to the drive before powering it on or your atx supply could destroy the drive and usb bridge board.

Hey amazing guide.. just a question, if we connect 2.5" hdd to that adaptor and also give power (although it is not necessary), will it harm the hdd??

@sjm4306

3 жыл бұрын

Nope, the 12v rail pins on a 2.5" drive aren't connected to anything. I've swapped 2.5" sata drives into 3.5" bays plenty of times without issue.

@ravenironwing

2 жыл бұрын

It'd be just like plugging it into a desktop PSU sata cable with 12 and 5 volts.

Hello.. Great Video! Watching it in 2021. Out of curiousity tho, Wouldnt external docking bay station work the same? with a higher degree of ease of use?

@sjm4306

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah an external dock would of course be easier, but this was a video more for getting it to work quickly with only a 2.5" adapter on hand without having to buy a dock online and wait for it to arrive. If you already have a dock then by all means use it.

Hi! Can I do the same for three hard disk 3.5 and use only one charger? Thanks a lot!

@sjm4306

6 жыл бұрын

Depends of the current rating of the charger and thr current draw from each hard disk. The numbers should be written on their labels. For examplr if each drive needs 2A at 12V then you would need at minimum 2x3=6A and I would add maybe 1-2A as a buffer so your supply needs to be able to provide 7-8A.

Can i connect directly from adapter black and red wire? Without socket.

@sjm4306

Жыл бұрын

Yep, no issues wiring directly

Hi. Can I use my PSU 12v sata cable to power a small amplifier? Or maybe mix it with the other 12v for hdd and use 24v? Thanks

@sjm4306

3 жыл бұрын

So long as the peak current of the amp is less than the max the psu can supply then I dont see why it wouldn't work.

thanks very much mr

Thanks again.

I'm planning on using a sfx power supply to power the drives, but I can't find any usb to sata cables without sata power... Do you know of any place that sells them?

@sjm4306

2 жыл бұрын

You could probably bodge a desktop sata data cable into the female end of a usb sata adapter. Afaik no one sells sata usb adapters with only the data pins broken out

I am curious why you solder the adapter to the plastic piece, instead of splicing it to the second, unused, USB wire.

@sjm4306

5 жыл бұрын

12V at relatively high current through wires meant for 5V is not a good idea so better safe than sorry.

So exactly HOW does one do this?

can i use the same adapter for laptop optical disk drive. (I'll only use the 7 pin data lines from it and the 5 vols. from the usb using the 6 pin power connector for it.. ) will it work... if you get what i mean to say in short will the the data lines work for a optical disk drive?

@sjm4306

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, laptop optical sata drives use the exact same interface protocol as sata hdds. I once bought a cheap wire adapter to replace the optical drive in a laptop with a 2nd 2.5" hdd.

What about for all those that are so new to all this and do not have the equipment. Is there any other way to have the power go into the hard drive.

@sjm4306

4 жыл бұрын

Not really, soldering the two wires is basically necessary for reliability

still works thanks

You only told about where do we have to solder one wire of the 12 v cable but I didn't figure about the another wire of the 12v cable . Where will we soldier the another wire of 12 v adaptor.

@sjm4306

4 жыл бұрын

The other wire is ground and thus can be soldered to any ground on the board (everything on the board is common ground so it's easy to find)

Очень интересно. Еще было бы хорошо прикладывать схематичную схему к проектам для наглядности, или ссылки на исходники с подробным описанием. спасибо)))

I have 5his problem but I can't do what you have, can you buy one? Thanks

@sjm4306

4 жыл бұрын

They sell 3.5" hdd enclosures that are plug and play.

Excellent Thanks

SATA power pinout: 3.3V, 3.3V, 3.3V, Gnd, Gnd, Gnd, 5V, 5V, 5V, Gnd, Reserved, Gnd, 12V, 12V, 12V. Solder red cable to pin 12V, 12V, 12V. and black cable to pin Gnd, Gnd, Gnd.

@erroronetwofour1261

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@erroronetwofour1261

4 жыл бұрын

To every ground or just one of them?

@sjm4306

4 жыл бұрын

Technically just one is necessary, but all three are bridged on the pcb so you could alternatively solder to all three without issue.

ok here im after getting the connector but i have a problem when using it on phone , hdd eats phone juice too quickly , like 5% in a minute or more i make external 5v wires but hdd doesn't work if powered with external 5v it works only if powered by phone what can i do ? i have to mention that 12v is already connected

@sjm4306

3 жыл бұрын

You'd need a powered usb hub between the phone and hdd to prevent it from drawing current from the 5v rail from the phone

@abod898

3 жыл бұрын

@@sjm4306 Yes i tried using the usb hub it doesn't work at all neither with external power nor without it when using the hub with usb flash drive or a keyboard it works normally *only without external power* but when using it for the hdd it doesn't work either ways

Hey, I know this video is a little old but where did you put the negative wire?

@sjm4306

3 жыл бұрын

Any ground point (black usb wire is an easy place)

What is the name of what you used to con next the hhd

@sjm4306

3 жыл бұрын

It's a usb sata adapter (it comes with a plastic case, but I removed mine so I could solder the wires for 12V shown in this video)

Can anyone explain the connection of the 12v adapter wire to the "socket" first. Im not uderdtanding why the 12v adapter wires are not just connected directly to one of the 12v pins on the sata plug and a ground connection on sata plug board?

@sjm4306

3 жыл бұрын

That's literally exactly what I've done. +12Vdc from the wall adapter barrel jack to the 12v sata pins, and ground to any ground point on the pcb

@vlive1141

3 жыл бұрын

@@sjm4306 - sweet thanks so much for the response and for the video

Thanks very thanks

Thanks it works for me!😊

soldered to socket please explain

does the last three pins have to be soldered to 12v or only one is enough?

@sjm4306

5 жыл бұрын

One will technically probably be fine but two or three would be better.

Bro will it work on Android using otg

Hi, I'm late you can say, but I was wondering what cables did you use to hook up to the data reader, I have an old PS3 and wanted to remove it from there and use a 320gb hdd I wanted to use as external storage, thanks

@sjm4306

4 жыл бұрын

I bought a cheap usb to sata adapter off ebay

@rubenmeza2690

4 жыл бұрын

@@sjm4306 I didn't wanna buy my own I wanted to diy myself one

@sjm4306

4 жыл бұрын

You cant really do much diy unless you just so happen to have a usb to sata bridge ic and design a pcb for it. By that point you might as well have just bought one of the cheap usb sata adapters for the already working board and chip.

@rubenmeza2690

4 жыл бұрын

@@sjm4306 oh ok thank you

I'll try it

Hey, I want to do something similar but internally in a thin client by taking the 5v from a usb header (or somewhere else) and the 12volt externally. I'll connect those in a sata power cable and then, use the sata data cable. Will it work?

@sjm4306

Жыл бұрын

Yep it'll work

@jimaki_37

Жыл бұрын

@@sjm4306 Cool, I'll update you when the parts arrive!

@jimaki_37

Жыл бұрын

Well, turns out that the board did have a internal floppy connector. So I made an adaptor and I'm good. Although other skus don't have the connector. I was lucky...

Hey nice video, I've done all the soldeing, positive to the outermost part of the sata and ground to the ground, and it spins up noicely, and ive tested past 2.5" hard drives and the actual sata to usb thing works, but despite spinning up it isn't detected by windows or disk manager or device manager. Any ideas? thanks

@sjm4306

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks, one thing to note is some of these adapters have limitations as to what size drives they will recognize. For instance one of my modified adapters wont read 3.5 drives larger than 2tb. Not sure if this is the problem you are having but possibly.

@sjm4306

6 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah and make sure the data wires havent broken. Mine were soldered really badly and handling the board could break the joints.

@HappyLolBoy

5 жыл бұрын

Had the same problem with one of these cables. Try to plug the cables into the usb ports on the back of your pc. The ports on the front of my pc wont deliver enough power :)

@VerbindingMislukt

4 жыл бұрын

@@HappyLolBoy Why would the ports not have enough power? The drive is already being powered by 12v!

@HappyLolBoy

4 жыл бұрын

@@VerbindingMislukt I really dont know. But I couldn't get it to work with the front ports

Is that black soldered the green cable or the black cant make out in vid as having some difficulty getting mine to spin.

@sjm4306

4 жыл бұрын

Black goes to black (or any other ground point). Green is data+, do not ground it or you could damage the adapter board.

@thomas4891

4 жыл бұрын

@@sjm4306 actually the green is also taking ground. Think this cheap Chinese one is crap. Test another one later see what happens.

@thomas4891

4 жыл бұрын

@@sjm4306 yeah the green is also taking ground just tested and lights leds. Hansen destroyed it as still working fine with 2.5. I have same one as you.

do we have to connect all last three wires with 12 v + or any one of them is ok ??????

@sjm4306

4 жыл бұрын

Technically just need one, but connecting to 2 or 3 of the 12v pins doesn't hurt.

very nice

so the second usb cable isn't there to increase voltage, then what is it for? plus i wonder what would happend if you would give 12v at the usb end of that connector, instead of adding 12v directly to the sata port.

@sjm4306

3 жыл бұрын

The second usb cable is to supply more current. If you were to give 12v to the usb plug instead of the 5v it expects you will likely fry the sata drive and usb bridge and possibly the usb bus circuitry on your computer. You can only safely supply 12v directly to the 12v sata pins.

@ekardonsenior2894

3 жыл бұрын

@@sjm4306 thank you for your quick response. so we need 2 usb ports + 12v external adapter

@sjm4306

3 жыл бұрын

Probably only need 1 usb port and then an external 12v adapter if you want to power a 3.5" sata drive.

hola me gusta el video quiero tambien hacer uno asi donde consigo el conector de sata que usastes y explicame en un video como conectar los cables a la pieza por favor

@sjm4306

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I explain in this video what points to solder to on the adapter and you can buy the adapter here: ebay.to/2nlboZo

Duuuude i was looking everywhere 'couse i bought the wrong adapter xD Greetings from Argentina!

@sjm4306

3 жыл бұрын

Greetings!

which ac adaptor brand was best. Do you have any suggestions?

@sjm4306

4 жыл бұрын

I dont know the brand of the adapter I used off the top of my head unfortunately. I would suggest though you get one for a good branf wifi router like linksys or belkin so long as the voltage is correct and the current is greater than what is on the drive's label.

Hi, where did you connect minus from 12v line ? what pins in power connector ?

@sjm4306

4 жыл бұрын

You can attach ground to any point that's connected to the ground plane (use a multimeter set to continuity to beep it out if you are unsure).

@adrianzabiello9839

4 жыл бұрын

sjm4306 Perfect, it's working, Thanks a lot man :)

Thanks, it was ok .

The procedure is the same weather it is a usb 2.0 or 3.0 cable right?

@sjm4306

4 жыл бұрын

Yep

pretty good mate can i use computer power supply and what if i get hard and give him a power from power supply that isn't the main power supply

@sjm4306

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah a computer supply will work, you'd just need to find a way to splice only the data from the usb adapter to the drive and the power connector to the supply. With this usb adapter as is it would block the power pins and not allow you to plug an external supply in there.

The intersting thing is the computer shows the hdd as an internal drive not as an external drive why this thing is happen?

I am not sure if mine worked but my hdd spin and then stops why please a help

@sjm4306

Ай бұрын

Double check your usb connection and if it's enumerating on the computer.

Is there any way to buy an adapter that powers the HDD and allows the data transfer? Is soldering a custom made adapter the only way to do this on a 3.5 inch HDD?

@sjm4306

4 жыл бұрын

There are usb docks and adapters for 3.5" hdds, but they tend to cost quite a bit more than the mod I've done and if all you have is a 2.5" adapter and you dont want to spend more money or wait for another adapter to arrive then this is just another option.

@kirkmcintyre5745

4 жыл бұрын

@@sjm4306 My easy work around was that I took an old PSU, shorted it out with a paperclip to keep it running and bought a $3 sata to USB adapter. It allows me to watch shows I download onto a 3.5" hard drive on my TV using the USB port. For my PC I had extra sata connectors I wasn't using so I strung them out through the back of my PC. Now they can power the 3.5" hard drives and again I just use the sata to USB connectors.

Hey man. Old video so i hope you see this. So i have one of those cables with the hdd power on one end + one in the middle and on the other end the 4 pin big white one (dont know the name) anyway so from the far end (12v) Yellow - Black - Red - Black. Can I just cut all of them. Then connect the Yellow and the Black next to yellow to + & - on a 12V adapter and insulate red+Black and then plug and play? The hdd is not "working" so I just need it to power up and spin. Would appreciate the help. Thanks in advance :)

@sjm4306

10 ай бұрын

I think that should work

@alexgra4363

10 ай бұрын

@@sjm4306 awesome. Been looking for a few days but no concrete answer because everyone use regulators etc hehe. Thank you for the help. I will try when i get home xD

I am sorry but i heard ISO backups for ps4 ?

What is the lower limit for amperage that will work? My understanding is that 12V 2A is the max....is there a performance loss or stability issue from using 12V at

@sjm4306

3 жыл бұрын

You'll have to check the label on your hdd for the required current for the 12v supply. The short answer is if you dont provide enough current to a drive's 12v rail best case the drive just wont work but worst case is the drive could crash during peak operation, damaging the heads and/or platters.

@duhmanthapz

3 жыл бұрын

What if the current is more than 2A.such as 3 A or 5A..? What could possible worst happen?

@sjm4306

3 жыл бұрын

The load (the drive) will dictate how much current it wants to draw. The rating on the power supply is how much max current it can supply. So if your drive only needs 2A and your supply is 5A, the drive will still only draw 2A.

question? will a usb hub work with 4 say 1tb 3.5in hdd

@sjm4306

4 жыл бұрын

No reason I can see why it wouldn't so long as each drive receives sufficient power.

Cool !

can a 9.5 power supply instead of a 12 v power supply be used

@sjm4306

Ай бұрын

No, you will likely kill the drive if you give it more or less than the required 12v. Keep in mind the 12v is powering all motors so 9.5v could actually do something catastrophic like start the spindle but stall the heads over the platters causing a head crash, not worth the risk.

can someone help me on how to do that?

Hi! You made the best video on this subject! Will it work on Windows 10?

@sjm4306

3 жыл бұрын

Yep, this should work on any modern operating system that supports usb mass storage devices.

im using this power solution on a mini sata(laptop optical drive port) port ,i hope this works

Late question but do you plug both USB cables into the pc or only 1

@sjm4306

4 жыл бұрын

I got away with plugging just one in, but I guess it would depend on how much current your computer can push over a single usb port.

@wisdomwithwit

4 жыл бұрын

@@sjm4306 thanks. I ended up getting and external case with a DC power supply. It works on multiple style drives.

hi, i soldered exactly as you have done it 3.5 spins up but the 2 lights on the adpter the blue goe`s off and the red stays on but the pc can`t read the drive where have i gone wrong any ideas?

@sjm4306

5 жыл бұрын

What capacity drive? A lot of the adapters have trouble reading drives over 2tb

@stephenyoung5386

5 жыл бұрын

tried 1tb and a 500gb

@stephenyoung5386

5 жыл бұрын

seems like it starts to read the drive then the blue light goes of leaving just the red light on

@sjm4306

5 жыл бұрын

What is the current of the 12V adapter you are using? 1-2A should be enough, but if the drive requires more it may be shutting off.

would it work if you got at sata to sata adapter for your computer coz the hdd is too big to fit on my mother board...

@sjm4306

5 жыл бұрын

I dont see why that wouldnt work

@thecrudelab3204

5 жыл бұрын

thanks

@thecrudelab3204

5 жыл бұрын

wait.. what addapter did u use? like... is there a spicific type of extention cord for different hdd's?

@sjm4306

5 жыл бұрын

I used a cheap generic usb to 2.5" sata adapter you can find on ebay for around $3. Nothing special about it.