I've ordered a few set of sleeved cables from one of the seller here in LYN forum. I've ordered a molex to sata cable and this is what I received:



As you can see in the pic, the are two wires that are mismatched. The third wire went into the 4th slot and vice versa. Now, my real question is; is it safe to use?

I am not knowledgeable in this kind of thing so I'm asking advice from sifus in this section.

Totally not safe to use.

You risk frying anything you connect it to.

Actually you can remove it and change the position.

Quite simple actually.

PS: Do not attempt unless you know what you are doing. Just send it back.

Yeah, that's what I thought too. I'm going to send it back, thanks.

better send it back to the one u got it from
better he fix it for you then u do it yourself eventhough u can..

For your reference, here is the 4pin molex pinout diagram.





This post has been edited by Jayi: Feb 16 2012, 02:02 PM

what about the other end?? any pic of the other end.

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Added on February 16, 2012, 4:20 pmwait the other end is sata is it? then i believe there is nothing wrong with the connection. it is safe to use.

This post has been edited by iaknesnah: Feb 16 2012, 04:20 PM

thi is how a sata connector shud look like.


as u can see the ground cables are alternate between 12v and 5v cable. u cannot expect it to be the same with molex connector. becoz molex have both ground cables in the middle. so yes i am definitely sure the connection is right and safe to use.

Yes, it's a SATA. So it's really safe then?

Though I'm not sure which of other end is yellow/red wire. I guess it's fine?

since this is converter, u are going to plug in molex from psu rite?
from there u can see what color is going to that switched wire

Oh yeah. I'll check it out soon.

EDIT: It's the red and black wires that are mismatched so I guess it's fine.

This post has been edited by hahariz: Feb 16 2012, 06:52 PM

doesnt really matter what color as long the connection is right

Just did a double check and the connection is right.

Thanks everyone. Today I've learned something new.

This post has been edited by hahariz: Feb 16 2012, 07:11 PM

nice cable..how much u bought it?

It was RM32.

That is a conversion cable from 4-pin molex to SATA connector... the connection is 100% correct... u can try... if u doubt it, u can try 2 exchange the 2 wires that u doubt n connect, see what happen... but plz don regret.

i like

@niclasteoh

good to hear from u haha

Yea, like I said in PM sorry for the commotion. I was just being wary and all my doubts now have been cleared. Thanks again to everyone.

actually when in doubt there is nothing wrong in asking.. but just beware coz u may get the wrong infomation. some people just like to buat2 pandai only.. u shud straight away pm the person u got it from and ask for his explanation. u paid for the service so u are entitled for asking. the person may have been doing this job for a long time and he/she knows if its wrong or right.

This post has been edited by kakicam: Feb 17 2012, 01:32 AM