Comment on Options to Expand Sata HDD Drives on a Lenovo Computer
CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 2 days agoThose are the molex to sata power adapters that are a fire hazard. I haven’t ever heard of this type causing issues and have been using them for years and years without issue.
lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
Yes, exactly. The shop was probably thinking of the cheap Molex ones.
CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
There’s also the possibility they’re referring to the current draw through the mobo connector itself frying things. A couple of HDDs at 12V, 10W will be pulling almost 2A which can be a lot for some circuit board traces, but there’s no great way know what the board can handle without documentation from the manufacturer or someone with relevantt engineering experience well above what a typical computer repair shop would have.
If I were OP I would just roll the dice and try it out. Its not as if old Dell office PCs are high dollar items.
lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
Also a good point. Speaking of, that generation Optiplex SFF had a 300W PSU as an option in the XE3 model (meant for point-of-sale use) vs the stock 180W PSU. It’s plug-and-play, too. One of my Proxmox nodes runs a 7050 SFF with that PSU. It’s rock solid.