[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: [Sheflug] SATA disk connectors

To: sheflug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Sheflug] SATA disk connectors
From: Adam Funk <a.funk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2007 11:20:36 +0100
Delivered-to: sheflug@meiring.org.uk
List-help: <mailto:sheflug-request@sheflug.org.uk?subject=help>
List-id: <sheflug_sheflug.org.uk.sheflug.org.uk>
List-post: <mailto:sheflug@sheflug.org.uk>
List-subscribe: <http://sheflug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/sheflug_sheflug.org.uk>, <mailto:sheflug-request@sheflug.org.uk?subject=subscribe>
List-unsubscribe: <http://sheflug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/sheflug_sheflug.org.uk>, <mailto:sheflug-request@sheflug.org.uk?subject=unsubscribe>
Openpgp: id=E3C5EE5E; url=hkp://subkeys.pgp.net
Reply-to: sheflug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sender: sheflug-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
User-agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (X11/20070403)

[04/06/07 17:12] Tom Bird wrote:

>>> SATA power connector has 15 pins in it.  15+7 = 22.
>> 15 pins for power?  That seems like a lot!
> 
> There seem to be lots of pins for the same voltages, I'd say it's so 
> they can use the same gauge pins as the data connector but still be sure 
> that it is possible to get the right current through it.

Aha, that makes sense.  (I've never seen any device that has 15
different voltage inputs, although such a thing probably exists somewhere.)


_______________________________________________
        Sheffield Linux User's Group
  http://www.sheflug.org.uk/mailfaq.html
 GNU - The choice of a complete generation

References:
- Re: [Sheflug] SATA disk connectors
  - From: Tom Bird

Prev by Date: [Sheflug] The UK requests OOXML comments
Next by Date: [Sheflug] Lawyers Again
Previous by thread: Re: [Sheflug] SATA disk connectors
Next by thread: [Sheflug] Open Flight Linux - Professor Patrick Stakem
Index(es):
- Date
- Thread