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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.