HGST Drives not turning on with 3.3V SATA power
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Solved by AbydosOne,
51 minutes ago, maateo0511 said:I could put either electrical tape or Kapton tape, which is the best for reliability / is the safest?
Kapton would be the best choice. Scotch tape works in a pinch (mine wore through eventually and temporarily took down my array lol). I'd be worried that electrical tape would be too thick.
If you have insulation displacement connector (IDC) style SATA power plugs, you can unclip the back, wiggle the 3V3 wire out, and snap the cap back on. Tape over the exposed 3V3 wire and you're good to go.
Or be extra like me and design a custom SATA backplane PCB with jumper blocks to enable/disable 3V3 per drive...
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