Mini SATA power adapter does away with HDD docking stations

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[Marc] is pretty unsatisfied with hard drive docking stations as a whole. He says they are typically slow and unreliable, causing him all sorts of grief while he is troubleshooting a questionable hard drive. He decided to take some of the mystery out of the troubleshooting equation and built a standalone SATA power module. Aware that SATA drives require 5v and 12v for operation, he disassembled … [Read more...]