I just don’t want to buy a whole role of tape I’ll only use a sliver of.

For a quick test, I would be willing to cover the pin with regular scotch tape. Some people do remove the pin entirely, but I just use Kapton tape because it is reversible if needed.

If you have a Molex -> SATA power adapter cable, those will also sever the problematic 3.3V line.

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My suspicion is The Lizard People