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Most consumer SATA drives actually report their activity on pin 11 of power connector, which can be easily hooked to individual LEDs (as seen on drive bays in s
by ogurechny 3y ago
Most consumer SATA drives actually report their activity on pin 11 of power connector, which can be easily hooked to individual LEDs (as seen on drive bays in server racks). SATA standard even has schematic diagrams for proper making of those blinkenlights. Unfortunately, most (probably all) factory-made wired connector plugs are made with a single piece of metal forming pins 10, 11 and 12 cramped onto the ground wire, and soldering or other contact isolation work is required. Soldering male and female connectors with full number of pins together to add a breakout is probably the easiest way.