Review on 🔌 Cable Matters Internal SFF-8087 to SFF-8482 by Andrew Gomez

The good people who set the standard for SAS decided to use the 3.3V pin on the SATA power connector to be reassigned for another purpose. because very few drives have ever used it. If you try to use this cable on a drive with this feature, it will most likely not boot up or be recognized. An easy way to test this is to power the drive from a 4-pin Molex to SATA power adapter. If the drive works with a 4-pin Molex connector but not with a 5-wire SATA power connector, the problem is with the 3.3V power connector. In my case, I decided to use the 3.3V Cut the V-cable (the orange cable closest to the L-shaped part of the connector) on the cable for each drive. After cutting this wire, the cable worked fine. Google "HGST 7K6000 Not Spinning Up" for an alternative solution and a slightly more technical explanation.