![]() ![]() This the inspiron 6 pinout (which is different from optiplex 6 pin) orange (3. It has been said that "since 2006, all SATA drives use only 5 and 12 volts." it would be curious to find out whether Dell has been skipping the 3.3 V pin to cut cost since it is not really needed. PS actually 3.3 V is no longer needed for sata storage device now, it is a legacy left over. The following pinout courtesy moddiy and zoomed in. the physical mini 6 pin socket is a lot smaller than 6 pin PCIe socket. Just do not try to use an adapter to make such sata into additional PCIe for gpu, you will run a good risk burning off the tiny motherboard 6 pin sata power socket. Hard Disk Drive with SATA and Power Cable attached Stock Photo. It is tiny, but it does not matter since sata is low power device. Hard-Disk power cable sata - Computer Stock Photo. I have seen one such mini 6 pin connector. which means it falls on motherboard circuit to generate the 5V and 3.3V of sata power needed for sata storage, and Dell makes a variety of sata power cable to plug into motherboard sata power socket. Dell has been prototyping ATX12VO psu which supplies only 12V to motherboard. Starting from optiplex 9020/7020 and Inspiron 3# etc.
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