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How do you power 3.5" HHDs on a motherboard with DC input power? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by OrangeCorvus to c/sffpc

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I saw the new motherboards coming out with the N100 processor and I think it would make a great little NAS system.

This one has 2x SATA connectors but then it hit me, if the mobo doesn't have a 24-pin connector, how do you power the Sata drives? So far I've only built PCs with a regular PSU so I never wondered.

I think it might be a stupid question :)

This is the mobo https://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/N100DC-ITX/index.asp#Overview

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[–] cyanide 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

The manual lists a SATA Power header on the motherboard (right next to the SATA data connectors) and a bundled SATA power cable.

[–] OrangeCorvus 1 points 2 years ago

🙈 I see it now in the picture, it's directly next to the SATA data. That's why it's better to look more than 5mins before asking questions. Thanks