Modular Power Supply Cable Identification

[Psittac]

Does anyone have reliable resources to identify what cable is for which PSU?  I got my Seasonic RMA but don't know which sata cables are for the Corsair and which are for the Seasonic and while I'm at it I'd like to sort through all of these and bag them separately which I should have been doing to start with.

 

There are at least 5 different supplies these could go to but luckily 3 of them are corsair.

 

I figured we could get a compilation of knowledge here because I'm sure this is a common situation and I can't find much useful info online.  Links guides anything.  Thanks

 

*I've come to the conclusion that a knowledge base is prone to errors so I figured it out myself.

 

*edit: I got it figured out using several different methods mentioned here and deductive reasoning.  Once I figured out which ones were corsair I knew where to look.  Did some multimetering and figured out the 3v and 5v were right but I must have shorted 12v to ground and the whole thing shut off so going off that much being right I figured at worst there would be less than 12v going to the 12v pins with a slight risk of ground's being wrong but these are the ones that were plugged into my array the whole time (I think) and the only set of cables that had enough sata for my use (had to order a second set of cables to get all the sata I need).  So all in I made an educated guess, tested it on my fan hub then put the array online and voila everything is back up.  Now I can clean my PC and button it all back up.  Thanks everyone for the information.

 

 

 

[Hairless Monkey]

8 minutes ago, Psittac said:

luckily 3 of them are corsair.

Being from the same brand does not guarantee compatibility. Furthermore, Corsair does not make their own supplies, and has several different OEMs.

 

Needless to say, you have quite a mess there. I keep all of my cables separate and properly labeled.

[The_russian]

I'm not sure if there is a faster way, but you could try plugging and checking (don't plug the cable into a component, just plug the cable into the power supply). Plug the cable into the appropriate port on the PSU, then use a multimeter to check which pins are grounds and which are power, then compare with the standardized pinout. If it does not match, try the cable with the other PSU and do the same thing. I don't see anything wrong with this method other than it being tedious, if someone sees a problem with it, please point it out so I don't do the same thing in the future. 

[Psittac]

Just now, HairlessMonkeyBoy said:

Being from the same brand does not guarantee compatibility. Furthermore, Corsair does not make their own supplies, and has several different OEMs.

 

Needless to say, you have quite a mess there. I keep all of my cables separate and properly labeled.

I was aware, I didn't give the proper information.  I meant because I found the corsair cable listing and they all "should" be labeled though I haven't started.  At any rate good information incase this becomes a repository.

 

PSU CABLE COMPATIBILITY (corsair.com)

[Psittac]

1 minute ago, The_russian said:

I'm not sure if there is a faster way, but you could try plugging and checking (don't plug the cable into a component, just plug the cable into the power supply). Plug the cable into the appropriate port on the PSU, then use a multimeter to check which pins are grounds and which are power, then compare with the standardized pinout. If it does not match, try the cable with the other PSU and do the same thing. I don't see anything wrong with this method other than it being tedious, if someone sees a problem with it, please point it out so I don't do the same thing in the future. 

I've thought of that but my dad has my multimeter right now, was hoping for a shortcut

 

*edit: I will add that this method might be the most reliable because I have found that some of the info I have found has been wrong to the best of my understanding with thing's such as mirrored psu side plug's in the diagrams.

[The_russian]

1 minute ago, Psittac said:

I've thought of that but my dad has my multimeter right now, was hoping for a shortcut

Connect the cable to the PSU and a hard drive or SSD, if the drive still works it is for the correct PSU. /s

 

Jokes aside I would not feel comfortable using a cable from an unknown power supply without checking the pinouts myself. 

[Guest]

12 minutes ago, Psittac said:

I was aware, I didn't give the proper information.  I meant because I found the corsair cable listing and they all "should" be labeled though I haven't started. 

Then start there.

 

I can already see in your picture where one of the connectors says "Type 3".  That means it's Corsair.

 

16 minutes ago, HairlessMonkeyBoy said:

Being from the same brand does not guarantee compatibility. Furthermore, Corsair does not make their own supplies, and has several different OEMs.

Yet somehow, all of the Corsair cables other than the 24-pin have been compatible with one another for the last ten years.

 

[Applefreak]

30 minutes ago, Psittac said:

Does anyone have reliable resources to identify what cable is for which PSU?  I got my Seasonic RMA but don't know which sata cables are for the Corsair and which are for the Seasonic and while I'm at it I'd like to sort through all of these and bag them separately which I should have been doing to start with.

 

There are at least 5 different supplies these could go to but luckily 3 of them are corsair.

 

I figured we could get a compilation of knowledge here because I'm sure this is a common situation and I can't find much useful info online.  Links guides anything.  Thanks

 

 

Usually they won't plug into the PSU if the header is not perfectly shaped the same way. If that does not help, measuring voltages an pin outs can be the next step but it takes a lot of time and you need to read up on the connector pin voltages. If the right voltage is in the right pin, it should not matter what cable goes where. Some cables have logos and text on the connectors that represent the company or a product number you can look up.

[Psittac]

30 minutes ago, Applefreak said:

Usually they won't plug into the PSU if the header is not perfectly shaped the same way. If that does not help, measuring voltages an pin outs can be the next step but it takes a lot of time and you need to read up on the connector pin voltages. If the right voltage is in the right pin, it should not matter what cable goes where. Some cables have logos and text on the connectors that represent the company or a product number you can look up.

Thanks, I haven't been able to make heads or tails of the connector numbers in the past but I will add that to the arsenal.  I went and got my multimeter but it's almost the time of day to start gaming so it'll have to wait for another day.

[Elisis]

1 hour ago, HairlessMonkeyBoy said:

Corsair does not make their own supplies, and has several different OEMs.

Luckily, Corsair designs many!