have you ever had a bad experience with these evil adapters? have you thrown yours away?
@kruxdt6307
5 жыл бұрын
@@Jakef100f kek
@shawncasey9995
5 жыл бұрын
I've been using these type of adapters for 11 years, just buy a non-china made 😂 LOL
@FaranWA
4 жыл бұрын
Haha mine caught on fire just yesterday. I saw the whole thing and quickly pulled power plug when I saw a ball of yellow light inside my case 😱. It scared the hell out of me. Luckily SSD was ok. It has caught on fire 🔥 before killing DVD drive that I never used lol 🤣. Pretty sure they were the same cheap Chinese ones. I am gonna power SSD directly now.
@uzefulvideos3440
4 жыл бұрын
Many data center drives don't work without them with a normal power supply. Alternatively you can also tape over pin #3 on the SATA power connector.
@franciscmoldovan2153
3 жыл бұрын
Mine touched the case and began burning. I quickly turned the PC off and escaped with only ~15cm of cable burnt. PC took no damage.
@RandallFlaggNY
5 жыл бұрын
Building white boxes since 1985. Never had a problem. Never seen one.
@u2bst1nks
5 жыл бұрын
Says Molex connectors have a lot of drawbacks, including arching that can melt the housing. Shows a molten SATA connector. Continues to say that the arching happens on the SATA end because the SATA lanes are closer together. Sounds to me that Molex isn't the issue, it's poor manufacturing on the SATA side of the cable, because SATA tolerances are much tighter. A cheap adapter probably doesn't have those SATA connections insulated enough from each other, which is causing the arching. Just get a Molex to SATA adapter from a reputable brand and you're probably fine.
@mrbrittas3254
3 жыл бұрын
Run for president. Ill vote
@smipy
2 жыл бұрын
Run for Prime Minister, I'll vote
@haxboi5492
11 ай бұрын
Look up molded vs crimped sata connectors. Molded ones catch fire way more often
@PhillMagGamerDad
5 жыл бұрын
Did I hear you correctly? They have Capacitors that kill the wire instead of the device connected to the adaptor? I'm no electronic engineers, but I fail to see how a capacitor would contribute to protecting an electronic circuit. Surely you mean Fuse (Which is just a Resistor designed to fail before the rest of the circuit).
@BuzStringer
5 жыл бұрын
Yes, I got that sentence a bit jumbled, each rail has its own capacitor to ensure a smooth flow of the correct voltage to the rail and it is also fused incase of a short. Well spotted.
@hackerman7835
4 жыл бұрын
I think I'm going to take my chances.
@pixelatednoose3999
3 жыл бұрын
How is it?
@gamerkangaroo1513
3 жыл бұрын
@@pixelatednoose3999 he died in a fire...
@pixelatednoose3999
3 жыл бұрын
@@gamerkangaroo1513 He will be remembered as the SATA power connector guy.
@gamerkangaroo1513
3 жыл бұрын
@@pixelatednoose3999 "that burned his house down"
@scottymsu6063
5 жыл бұрын
Molex served old PC CDROM/DVD and HDD fine over the years...
@MrSupercar55
10 ай бұрын
I wish I'd seen this before I ordered that Molex to SATA adaptor on Amazon.
@fungames24
4 жыл бұрын
I had a dying ssd. So I took it out and plugged it into an external molex PSU with sata adaptor. Now the ssd is completely dead. But I still remain unconvinced it was the sata adaptor that did it. I have used these adaptors plenty of times in the past with no problems. I did have one burning occasion where the molex connector smoked, but the hard drive stayed fine. That molex was a moulded unit that was part of the power supply. So it wasn't an adaptor.
@Wushu-viking
5 жыл бұрын
I have used these several times. Never had any problems. You just need to make sure you have a proper connection. The problem is that these Molex Male apapters have the 4 pins loose, so you need to make sure they are connected properly. A good idea is to secure the molex/wire part with tape, so it stays proper connected.
@alishahoud2614
5 жыл бұрын
Hi Jon I want to add another hard disk to my pc But i don't have any power cable for a new hard disk Do u advice me to buy a molex cable? Or are there any other solutions to solve my problem
@drazenito4207
2 жыл бұрын
@@alishahoud2614 ive used molex to sata for around 7 years now and no problems
@helmi_arif
Жыл бұрын
hi, may i ask a question,, if i using sata-molex cable for usb 3.0 pcie, should be okay or not?
@tipeshsahu588
Жыл бұрын
@@alishahoud2614did you get solution??
@alishahoud2614
Жыл бұрын
@@tipeshsahu588 jajajajaja I sold my rotten PC. And i bought a new laptop..
@Dragon12dk12
4 жыл бұрын
They are fine, I have like seven of them in my case that have been going for five years so far without issue.
@mrflexii2067
11 ай бұрын
I had one for 6 years and today it caught fire, I almost lost my computer and my house, if I hadn't been there, it was terrifying as hell.
@MUSiCK9
6 жыл бұрын
Didn't think silverstone would make something like that, cheers for the helpful video!
@MUSiCK9
6 жыл бұрын
And my molex cable that converts molex into pcie cable did burn off but not no the degree that it melted the plastic, rather my pc turned off and my molex had one cable burned off rather then all of em.
@BuzStringer
6 жыл бұрын
I missed this comment! That's lucky, they should really stop making these, even now some GPU companies are still shipping them with there cards. Did everything survive?
@MUSiCK9
6 жыл бұрын
Of course it did, if one power connector were to suddenly shut off then the whole pc would turn off aswell as far as i know. thanks psu. I never knew gpu compnaies still sent out these stuff, that worrying..
@BuzStringer
6 жыл бұрын
MUSiCK ➈ the PSU will save the day most of the time, but there is a chance it could do some damage or catch fire before the power shorts and cuts out. Another reason why a good quality PSU is important
@guntea
5 жыл бұрын
Huh, been using an adapter I built myself for years and never had a problem. Guess i got lucky.
@chesshooligan1282
4 жыл бұрын
I grow my own tomatoes, chop my own wood for the fireplace, and even make my own CPUs. It's time-consuming but well worth it.
@Zupez
3 жыл бұрын
I'm planning on putting an SSD into my grandads PC, he has a 1tb HDD currently but the PC bootup time takes forever. My plan was to keep the HDD as it has lots of pictures and stuff on but get an SSD just for windows to speedup the startup time. Was going to get a 120gb as that's fine for just windows but when opening his PC to check it the PSU only has 2 of the cables that plugin to HDDs/SSDs and they're both occupied by the HDD & a disk drive so how else can I gain another connection for an SSD without the molex adapter?
@CrynogarTM
2 жыл бұрын
I haven't had ever issues with adapters. But in years I never needed something again because my PSU always have enough connectors.
@chassecourt8824
5 жыл бұрын
Query what happens when the capacitors fail? wouldn't that cause an equal amount if not worse damage?
@theodorosgeorgalis8027
3 ай бұрын
If we try the opposite? From sata to molex adapter? Will it be also dangerous?
@kaslanaworld4746
3 жыл бұрын
my HDDs use molex to sata adapters and they haven't been an issue for 2 years now
@vh9network
4 жыл бұрын
That's a Stone Cold Steve Austin T-Shirt.
@bland9876
3 жыл бұрын
My dads computer crom 2010-11 only used molex to sata addapter and hand no sata on the power supply. The hard drive had a molex connector but there was a sticker on it saying not to use the molex connector. I plugged in the more it's connected directly into the hard drive rather than using the adapter and the hard drive seems like it's span up perfectly fine and was readable and everything and worked perfectly fine. Now im wondering if i can use it in my current rig or not? Edit: I'm afraid to use a SATA power cable because I threw them all in the box together and when I grabbed one I grabbed one for the wrong power supply because they look identical and ended up frying three hard drives :( one of them was in SSD and it was so hot I literally jerked my hand away as if it where a stove or something.
@TalesOfGothic
Жыл бұрын
I can see this being bad for a HDD or SSD but what about a optical drive? I’m thinking about getting one of these to use a old optical drive I have lyin around.
@brutaldabs5829
2 жыл бұрын
upgraded a prebuilds psu and after i got done the rgb on the fans stopped working they spin but no light im not really sure what went wrong
@titan_fx
4 жыл бұрын
Not all HDD can be used with this. Somehow my 7200.12 doesn't work with molex to sata, yet it works perfectly with sata power 🤔
@fantom0369
Жыл бұрын
since you suggest not using them what would you suggest to power an external sata drive. I can't use USB. and I have only been able to find molex power bricks. I'm not going to go out of my way to get a huge power supply for a single SATA drive, I already have the sata to esata cable for it but USB will not power this drive.
@1Patient
2 жыл бұрын
That may be true 2:05 about the amount of connections a SATA plug has vs the Molex, you see the wires going into the plugs themselves? The SATA plug has the same wires that the Molex plug has... Same Wires, different connectivity perimeters within plugs themselves. The Adapters are probably poorly made and why they would burn.
@thefanmanSixtyFour
Жыл бұрын
Sadly a sata splitter wouldn't work for the pc i was thinking of, its an old one but it has Sata Data ports, but no sata power.
@JohnSmith-ws7fq
6 жыл бұрын
How is this different from a SATA connector crimped onto a four way cable from a PSU?
@speedbird227
5 жыл бұрын
Most PSU companies actually care if the product survives. Most molex to sata adapters are made by no name companies that don't care about what people say about their products because they sell to companies that rebrand them.
@vvfern1706
3 жыл бұрын
I just bought 5 fans that are connected to molex. I Also bought a new power supply will it have an extra Molex to connect too?
@Rainbow__cookie
2 жыл бұрын
I would say it depends on how the connector is made some higher quality ones should not be a problem like crimped satas for example It's often the molded ones that failes
@farelrizky6453
2 жыл бұрын
I want to add ssd to my pc But i don't have any power cable for a new ssd should i buy a molex cable Or are there any other solutions to solve my problem
@tipeshsahu588
Жыл бұрын
@@farelrizky6453did you get solution
@notworthurtym3134
Жыл бұрын
how about if i only use it on case fans and not in any storage devices? will it be okay?
@3underscoreN
5 жыл бұрын
Maybe we should add some capacitors to the Molex to SATA cable
@HighPotatoo
2 жыл бұрын
Can I use one to power a Corsair commander pro?
@rajatbasak9703
4 жыл бұрын
I faced the problem like my hard drive or dvd was not reading or disconnected suddenly. So I don't use that adapter anymore. But my frontech psu 800watt has only 3 sata connector which is not enough for me. I need atleast 4.
@ramsundarsankaran3319
4 жыл бұрын
Then how to connect case fan directly to the PSU ?
@enufots4621
5 жыл бұрын
But the sata power cables are so narrow....try taking a voltage measurement without shorting anything. If I suspect my power supply is bad, taking voltage measurements off of a molex is easy. So, if there a rig/jig to easily test the voltages off a sata power connector?
@bland9876
3 жыл бұрын
Look up power supply tester. You plug in the cable and it'll tell you if it's supplying the right voltages or not.
@9852323
4 жыл бұрын
My sata hard drive in one of my my rigs has molex and Sata power. It’s powered by molex.
@adisar2002
5 жыл бұрын
do you have any other recommendations other than the silverstone ones? the one u recommended is 80$ here
@whyumar1
4 жыл бұрын
omg, this is disturbing because my 3 drives are powered by molex to sata connectors, and on one the pins are loose. I have a solid power supply (cooler master real power pro m1000) but i dont have any sata connectors on it, so this is my only option
@fellzer
3 жыл бұрын
What happened to Linus' accent?
@nilsonmartinez6313
4 жыл бұрын
Will this Sata splitter work to power up the HDDS and fans controller at the same time??
@lazymations1778
4 жыл бұрын
I have 1 of these but only a dual Split for DVD drives ,but its branded
@BuzStringer
4 жыл бұрын
DVD drives are quite low risk, your data is what is important
@fox0013
3 жыл бұрын
Can I buy this for my molex fan hub
@aaaa-zp4lc
2 жыл бұрын
Well I’m getting a new ssd and I’ll have to completely reinstall windows so now I will
@goldenliberator9584
4 жыл бұрын
I have both sata and molex on my power supply what shall I do
@BuzStringer
4 жыл бұрын
If it comes straight from the power supply, it's fine. It's only the third party adaptors that are an issue
@goldenliberator9584
4 жыл бұрын
@@BuzStringer ok thank you for replying
@jonnyg757
6 жыл бұрын
litterally just fried cable and youtubed reasons why, luckily I used molex to sata for setting up RGB lighting, so while it sucks that this cable fried that connecrion, happy it was on RGB instead of my Hard Drives!!! Dont buy these cables!!!
@tilburg8683
4 жыл бұрын
I actually have the opposite I have to many sata power connectors and not enough molex ones. I do use a molex and 4 pin CPU thing to power the motherboard, but it Shou be fine the molex and 4 pin just split everything in what they usually do.
@sm71485
3 жыл бұрын
Is it okay to use for triple argb fans?
@joseislanio8910
3 жыл бұрын
I wasn't seeing the point in the video until the very end. Turns out it was an add.
@Curryking32000
3 жыл бұрын
Hi, do you have a direct link to where I can buy one of these sata to molex converters which are safe to use?
@fantom0369
Жыл бұрын
he won't because he believes all of them are terrible
@LeoCloud619
3 ай бұрын
ok your first person that I have seen and heard of having a problem with molex to stata I finally found out why my dvd drive is not opening using stata becouse I got a gold plated psu that was the problem changed it to a molex to stata cable and it worked once again haha not use why this is happening but there ya go
@cortez31
4 жыл бұрын
I had one catch on fire inside my PC just today. Scared the hell out of me and triggered the smoke detector. Fortunately it wasn’t connected to a device, since the hard drive I wanted to connect to it two weeks ago didn’t work.
@mrflexii2067
11 ай бұрын
Same thing for me yesterday, thank God I was close to my computer
@koolgamer9945
4 жыл бұрын
What else can I use
@jameslochridge4265
3 жыл бұрын
I've used them for years with no problems.
@aceph4446
5 жыл бұрын
i used molex to sata sins my childhood till now nothing happens btw
@AMVedits05
5 жыл бұрын
Carry on using it ,dont listen to this guy.
@aceph4446
5 жыл бұрын
@@AMVedits05 :)
@mrflexii2067
11 ай бұрын
GUYS BE cautious, because my PC caught fire today cuz of molex. I had it for 6 years.
@zead9481
3 жыл бұрын
Its not the molex part its the sata power part
@FreakyDudeEx
2 жыл бұрын
so much misinformation here... molex to sata fails at the female sata end only due to arcing the way you said it sounds like its the molex's female that fails on a "molex to sata adaptor"?? don't know how that works but ok.... 2nd problem... surprisingly older molex to sata adapters are the ones that are least likely to fail... its the newer and cheaper kinds that tends to fail... because of manufacturing tolerances and the way they are manufactured... those that are done by injection molding to the wires are out of the question immediately as the wires can move about during the injection process increasing the failure rate exponentially in each production batch of these adaptors... those that are made by clipping through or soldered to prongs for each pins are least likely to fail especially if they have the comb separators for the small prongs connectors placed properly so that in between each prongs there is no air for the connectors to arc to... molex was actually a very good idea for a connector... this is from a person who started build computers during sata connectors era... the only problem is the way the male and female metal contacts are designed that is flawed as they can move about inside the connectors and making it easier to damage on either end... the solution is kinda brain dead simple... just make it like our PSU connectors to our components each pin female and male has an individual housing that can protect the pins... but its too late to fix it since sata is much slimmer and we have designed most things to suit these sata connectors now.... and with sata power connectors, they can put stupid things such as shucking prevention detection with sata power connectors... yes this is a thing and if we used the brain dead simple 4 connector design, shucking prevention through the power pins would be impossible...
@FreakyDudeEx
2 жыл бұрын
on top of all of this, sata to sata extensions are also still prone to this problem.... if the manufacturing tolerance is just as bad, it will burn itself... the problem of arcing exist due to bad sata connectors because their pins are designed so close to each other...
@BuzStringer
2 жыл бұрын
Excellent points, thank you. The Shucking prevention is pretty terrible, but can be overcome with electrical tape or an adaptor.
@anasanas9965
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your
@ExplodeintheTNT
6 жыл бұрын
"watercalling" xD love the vid btw, and you sir will definetly get somewhere, i cant seem to figure out your accent?
@ra9im308
5 жыл бұрын
what about molex to 4 pin adapter for second cpu power connector needed My friends
@bland9876
3 жыл бұрын
Wait your motherboard needs a second cpu power connector? So that is that the third cable coming off of my power supply that isn't the modular part is for. My motherboard only has the normal 24 pin and the 8 pin EPU plug.
@ra9im308
3 жыл бұрын
@@bland9876 yes i have a server motherboard lenovo s30 with 8pin right+ 4pin left cpu cables need to plug in to fully operates the motherboard i guess
@JackPS9
5 жыл бұрын
what about Sata to Molex?
@LV-426...
6 жыл бұрын
I am using Molex to 4-way SATA Power for my mining rigs. Have not yet found a brand that's decent. All the ones that I've had burned. I think I've gone through 5 of them now. Would appreciate it, if anyone suggested a respectable brand. Thanks in advance.
@BuzStringer
6 жыл бұрын
Avoid molex altogether and split the sata power with these kit.com/BuzStringer/server-setup/silverstone-technolo
@ra9im308
5 жыл бұрын
@@BuzStringer what about molex to 4 pin adapter for second cpu power connector needed My friends
@makemehotp
4 жыл бұрын
Buz Stringer I have a Rosewill case that has to use molex to power the drive cages. What cable would you recommend?
@scalamasterelectros3204
2 жыл бұрын
I use sata to molex but never molex to sata
@miketvpakol3131
5 жыл бұрын
Good evening Sir. How about case cooling fans using molex power cables? You know I'm using 2 case cooling fans connected to only 1 molex connector. Thanks
@Davysguru
Жыл бұрын
You are wrong. I been using molex to sata adapters for a loooooooooooong time.. No problems...... Stop making fake videos.
@CharlieTunaNet
5 жыл бұрын
THIS IS A STRINGER ALONG. He is full of it. The failure he shows is on the sata, not the molex, BUY from a known supplier.
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