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by: nospam - Wed, 3 Aug 2022 00:19 UTC

In article <73062ba9-2ef1-42c7-a3e9-463210e27194n@googlegroups.com>,
RichA <rander3128@gmail.com> wrote:

> I ran across a Seagate Cheetah 15k hard drive. It has what at first glance
> appears to be a SATA connection, but the normal gap between the signal and
> power side of the pins has been filled-in, no notch. Anyone know what this
> is called?

sas

<https://www.seagate.com/support/kb/connecting-sata-drive-to-sas-control
ler-006170en/>

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by: nospam - Wed, 3 Aug 2022 09:57 UTC

In article <9d7af3e9-c4bd-4a73-ad98-0fc874adcb58n@googlegroups.com>,
RichA <rander3128@gmail.com> wrote:

> > > I ran across a Seagate Cheetah 15k hard drive. It has what at first
> > > glance
> > > appears to be a SATA connection, but the normal gap between the signal
> > > and
> > > power side of the pins has been filled-in, no notch. Anyone know what
> > > this
> > > is called?
> > sas
> >
> > <https://www.seagate.com/support/kb/connecting-sata-drive-to-sas-control
> > ler-006170en/>
>
> Thanks, I checked it out. There are no "read" pins on that side of the sata
> controller
> and the rest of the drive control and power pins match, so cutting out that
> notch
> should enable the SAS drive to work in a SATA controller.

it won't, which is why there's no notch.

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