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
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.