seekermeister
Honorable Member
For several reasons, I'm considering adding a drive selector switch to my desktop, but all that I've found available are designed for a maximum of 6 drives. I want one that will handle 8 drives...5 SATA HDDs & 3 ODDs. I could put all of the ODDs on 1 switch, which would make the 6 drive switch workable, but I would prefer not to. Therefore the only option that I can see is to make a switch array myself, cutting a rectantular hole in the case, and placing a plate over it with individual switches mounted on it.
The thing that I'm uncertain of is exactly which wires to connect to the switches? I don't think that the ground wires need be connected to them, but there are 3 kinds of power cables involved...12 volt yellow, 5 volt red & 3.3 volt orange. Which of these would need to be switched to make a drive dead when switched off...all of them? From what little that I have been able to determine from ad photos on commercial switches, it doesn't look as though all 3 are involved, but then again, they also seem to connect to the ground wires also, which seems unnecessary.
The thing that I'm uncertain of is exactly which wires to connect to the switches? I don't think that the ground wires need be connected to them, but there are 3 kinds of power cables involved...12 volt yellow, 5 volt red & 3.3 volt orange. Which of these would need to be switched to make a drive dead when switched off...all of them? From what little that I have been able to determine from ad photos on commercial switches, it doesn't look as though all 3 are involved, but then again, they also seem to connect to the ground wires also, which seems unnecessary.
