I think one of the SATA ports were designed for a CD drive. That SATA power cable has a tiny little power SATA plug included specifically for these CD drives.
You can buy a SATA power splitter to add a second hard drive, I'm sure it wouldn't be an issue, since a CD/DVD drive consumes a lot more power than an SSD/HDD.
A quick search on Amazon, about $8 and 2 days waiting for Prime will fix this issue.
you can get a Dell proprietary sata power cable that has > 2 standard sata power connectors. Dell Optiplex 3040 5040 7040 HDD & ODD SATA Power Cable 7G26H
you are correct. I realize the Dell tricky connector after the old discussion. learning from this forum. it is not accepted solution now but OP or someone with similar issue can use a Dell sata splitter for more HD power needs.
use a sata power splitter so that you are using the current genuine sata ports on motherboard side and have more than 2 sata connectors on the device side. chino had helped provide a link to such Dell sata power splitter. example N701D
Hi @Rom1946, did you ever find an appropriate solution to your problem? I have the same issue but with the Optiplex 7040 SFF. It has 4 sata connectors on the MB but the OEM power cable only has connectors for one sata and one optical drive. Thanks for your feedback.
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November 18th, 2022 14:00
Hi Rom1946,
I think one of the SATA ports were designed for a CD drive. That SATA power cable has a tiny little power SATA plug included specifically for these CD drives.
You can buy a SATA power splitter to add a second hard drive, I'm sure it wouldn't be an issue, since a CD/DVD drive consumes a lot more power than an SSD/HDD.
A quick search on Amazon, about $8 and 2 days waiting for Prime will fix this issue.
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November 18th, 2022 20:00
this is what you currently have HG2F3
you can get a Dell proprietary sata power cable that has > 2 standard sata power connectors. Dell Optiplex 3040 5040 7040 HDD & ODD SATA Power Cable 7G26H
only $5.45 https://www.ebay.com/itm/222781453974
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@redxps630 HG2F3 is 6-pin, 7G26H is 8-pin. Using cable 7G26H is not going to work.
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you are correct. I realize the Dell tricky connector after the old discussion. learning from this forum. it is not accepted solution now but OP or someone with similar issue can use a Dell sata splitter for more HD power needs.
use a sata power splitter so that you are using the current genuine sata ports on motherboard side and have more than 2 sata connectors on the device side. chino had helped provide a link to such Dell sata power splitter. example N701D
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Hi @Rom1946, did you ever find an appropriate solution to your problem? I have the same issue but with the Optiplex 7040 SFF. It has 4 sata connectors on the MB but the OEM power cable only has connectors for one sata and one optical drive. Thanks for your feedback.