Question about SATA power supply on RADXA ROCK 5 ITX

[SuperKali]

Hi there,

I wanted to know if anyone know if there are any power limits from the SATA power ports, the question is can you power 1 or more 3.5" NAS disks at the same time? Or as a precaution, I take power from the PSU?

 

Thanks,
Dany

[jock]

You'd better ask directly to Radxa for that, they probably know better the specs of their boards.

I would take the power for disks from the PSU anyway if possible to avoid unnecessary stress to the board: I guess the SATA power pins on the board are there for those who wants to feed the board with 12V barrell connector, but if you got a fully-fledged ATX PSU, go with the classic power connection.

[SuperKali]

8 hours ago, jock said:

You'd better ask directly to Radxa

Thanks, but I've already done it, I thought someone had already tried it

[ozacas]

perhaps https://github.com/ThomasKaiser/Knowledge/blob/master/articles/Quick_Preview_of_ROCK_5_ITX.md#sata-power-ports may help