- Jul 28, 2016
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I can't find anything about this anywhere, so I figured I would ask.
I have a crucial mx100 512GB SSD that I have been using for over a year. It has never given me any trouble and has worked perfectly. The only thing is, I just realized that I never connected the power cable to it from my PSU. That's right, it's been getting all its power through the SATA data cable. I didn't know this was possible. The only thing that I did notice was my bios did not recognize the drive, but windows still booted and ran perfectly. Can anyone tell me how this was possible and if I have done any damage to my system from drawing the power from the data cable? I have since connected the proper sata power connector and all seems well, aside from the fact that my screen turns on and off a few times now when I reboot. Just plain weird!
I have a crucial mx100 512GB SSD that I have been using for over a year. It has never given me any trouble and has worked perfectly. The only thing is, I just realized that I never connected the power cable to it from my PSU. That's right, it's been getting all its power through the SATA data cable. I didn't know this was possible. The only thing that I did notice was my bios did not recognize the drive, but windows still booted and ran perfectly. Can anyone tell me how this was possible and if I have done any damage to my system from drawing the power from the data cable? I have since connected the proper sata power connector and all seems well, aside from the fact that my screen turns on and off a few times now when I reboot. Just plain weird!
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