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September 4th, 2023 14:14

R720 internal SATA power cable

Hello!

I have an R720 and i'm trying to connect a SSD to the internal sata port. Unfortunately, my server didn't come with a DVD drive and it's respective cable (i think it's P.N. G8TXP ). Been searching for a few days for a cable, couldn't find one in my country but i found something similar.

Unfortunately, it doesn't work. Once i connect the SSD, the server just shuts down like there's a short circuit somewhere.

I noticed that the 4 pin i got only has metal connectors on two of them and from what i can see online in the pictures of the original cable, all 4 pins have metal connectors.

So i'm wondering if this is the issue or is there a jumper on the mainboard that prohibits taking power from that port?

Thank you!

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September 4th, 2023 17:48

To answer my own question :D
I managed to get my hands on an original power cable and it seems that the cables are inverted.

At the ssd end, they are the same but at the motherboard end, the 'fake' one has the red wire up while the original has it down.

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