Advantage: No additional power supply is required as power is provided via the SATA pin 8 connector. To use this application, a motherboard with SATA pin 8 connector is needed. The SATA pin 8 connector on the motherboard is of yellow colour. If no SATA pin 8 connector is available, this module can also be used via the standard SATA connector. For this purpose, the power supply is provided via the 3 pin power connector.