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Modern enterprise SATA drives (WD Ultrastar, HGST Helium, Seagate Exos, Toshiba MG) use pin 3 of the SATA power connector as a "power disable" signal. Standard desktop PSUs supply 3.3 V on this pin, which tells the drive to stay...