SATA Drive With Legacy Power

[Peter]

I'm installing a Western Digital WD740GD SATA hard drive in a PC I'm
building. For the data connection to the motherboard I'm using a SATA
cable. For the power connection do I have to use the SATA power connector
on the back of the drive or can I use the "legacy power" connector on the
drive? In other words, is it OK to mix ... SATA for data, legacy for
power?

Peter

 

[Rod Speed]

I'm installing a Western Digital WD740GD SATA hard drive
in a PC I'm building. For the data connection to the motherboard
I'm using a SATA cable. For the power connection do I have
to use the SATA power connector on the back of the drive
or can I use the "legacy power" connector on the drive?

Doesnt matter, whatever is convenient.

In other words, is it OK to mix ...
SATA for data, legacy for power?

Yep.

 

[Richard Saunders]

In other words, is it OK to mix ... SATA for data, legacy for
power?

Yes. Just don't connect both legacy _power_ connector and SATA power
connector at the same time. There should be a warning label to that
effect on the drive.

 

[Walt]

"Legacy power" is +12v, +5v, and ground.

"sATA power" is +12v, +5v, +3.3v, and ground.

As long as your sATA drive doesn't actually make use of the newly
available +3.3v, you should be OK.

 

[Folkert Rienstra]

I'm installing a Western Digital WD740GD SATA hard drive in a PC I'm
building. For the data connection to the motherboard I'm using a SATA
cable. For the power connection do I have to use the SATA power connector
on the back of the drive or can I use the "legacy power" connector on the
drive?

In other words, is it OK to mix ... SATA for data, legacy for power?

What mix?

 

[Rod Speed]

"Legacy power" is +12v, +5v, and ground.

"sATA power" is +12v, +5v, +3.3v, and ground.

As long as your sATA drive doesn't actually make use
of the newly available +3.3v, you should be OK.

It wont have a legacy power connector if it does.

 

[Folkert Rienstra]

It wont have a legacy power connector if it does.
Clueless.

 

[Rod Speed]

Clueless.

Even you should be able to manage a more viable troll than that.

Top yourself at once.