Original article: https://www.eset.com/de/about/presse/pressemitteilungen/pressemitteilungen/security-fiasko-32-millionen-computer-in-deutschland-laufen-noch-mit-windows-10/
ESET recommends switching to Windows 11 as quickly as possible. Alternatively, a Linux distribution can also be a good option, especially for older hardware.
66.12% of Windows PCs are still on Windows 10 in Germany, 62.73% worldwide.
https://gs.statcounter.com/os-version-market-share/windows/desktop/worldwide
Like a tiny proprietary connector, not Molex, not SATA. So the power supply had a single line running to the spinner HDD (standard SATA), and then piggy backed off that to the optical drive was this little connector. Kind of looked like a 4pin fan connector size. I didn’t bother investigating after my plan to just disconnect the optical drive was thwarted <sigh>
Ah that rings a bell, some of my (older) PSU cables have one of those at the end after a daisy chain of SATA or Molex
Something like the rightmost in these pictures?
I think they are called Floppy connectors
That might be it, but would an optical drive run off that? Guess it’s all the same power wires.
I never had an optical drive that had this connector, but it seems plausible that the relatively smaller pins could still carry enough power for it.
The most power hungy bit would probably be the spinning motor, and the mass being spun is much lower in an optical drive than for a magnetic drive platter.
Ahh okay, that description kinda sounds like floppy drive power, but it probably is a proprietary thing.
I’ve asked my dad to snap a picture if he doesn’t mind :) but it’s a bit of a pain to get to
I didn’t have anything at the house to split off the sata power and I was ok getting rid of my spare stuff so it worked out better anyway