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Which SATA power cable is standard?, and why are there 2 standards?

Pictured are two visually identical SATA Power cables, meant to connect to a PSU (the other end of each cable, not pictured, connects to a SATA drive). They're only distinguishable by the metal inside ...
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I plugged in a molex cable the wrong way and the power supply exploded. Did it kill my hard drive?

I bought a cheap kit allowing me to use a 3.5 SATA hard drive with a laptop, by plugging it in with USB. It still requires external power supply so I used an adapter that came with this kit but I ...
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PSU requiring often cable change

I seem to be having a strange issue with my PSU that I use for my computer. Long story short, I built my own computer about 1-2 months ago, and was having no trouble with it for about the first month. ...
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