Trying to buy some sata power cable for a lenovo sff pc, the seller did not clarify what size

Edit: Guys, you are not gonna believe this.

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A_norny_mousse@feddit.org · 9 pts · 1y

You mean sth like this?

sata power

In my machine it's part of the PSU cable salad; probably "adapted" to the main trunk with something like above.

brokenlcd@feddit.it · 5 pts · 1y (5 replies)

It's literally a cpu power connector. If you can solder and you have a scrap psu you can jerry rig a new cable. Hell. i made a whole wire loom out of one of those sata ports.

tiramichu@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Lol, what a solution. Crazy build. I wouldn't worry too much about thermals. Even 80-90°C should be still acceptable, with the card only throttling above 90

brokenlcd@feddit.it · 2 pts · 1y

In the end i managed by adding two fans under the desk. And wiring them through a switch to one of the free MOLEX. Now it never goes over 77°C. Even at full tilt

Ascend910@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y (2 replies)

This is insane

brokenlcd@feddit.it · 1 pts · 1y

The wiggle room on the actual pins saved you :-). I'm frankly surprised lenovo didn't change pinouts between versions. They are more than capable of that.

It's a thinkcentre right?

A_norny_mousse@feddit.org · 1 pts · 1y
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tiramichu@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y

So you needed SFF, the seller didn't specify theirs was SFF, and when it came it wasn't SFF? Am I confused?

scottmeme@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y

Looks like EPS power, which is to power the CPU.

Chronographs@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 1y

You should be able to put your model number into here and find the exact part for your computer: https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/parts-lookup

You might have problems with it not being the right pinout if you get a generic part as I think their solution is proprietary (and psu pinouts aren’t even standardized anyways, though I imagine it goes though the motherboard in this case).

Ascend910@lemmy.ml · 0 pts · 1y
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