Hi all,
I have searched high and low and can't seem to find an answer for this.
I have a HP Elitedesk 800 G1 USDT (Ultra Small Desk Top) I got for fun on the cheap to throw in a virtual pinball cabinet I'm making. It's VERY small, but essentially it's a laptop motherboard so it's VERY limited for upgrade options..
I slapped a 250GB SSD with windows 10 on it into the main bay and it runs like a champ (i5-4690s/8GB RAM). In the 2nd Bay there is an optical drive that I don't need. It's connected with a crazy slimline sata connector from it, directly to the MB. One wire goes to a standard SATA connection on the MB and for power the other wire to like a 5 pin power connector on the MB.
My question is---can I rip out the optical drive, buy some sort of adapter, and slap in a secondary HDD or SSD? Here are some pics... Thanks in advance!!!
https://ibb.co/wyVxsXD
https://ibb.co/cwf4CVm
https://ibb.co/YjMY7mG
I have searched high and low and can't seem to find an answer for this.
I have a HP Elitedesk 800 G1 USDT (Ultra Small Desk Top) I got for fun on the cheap to throw in a virtual pinball cabinet I'm making. It's VERY small, but essentially it's a laptop motherboard so it's VERY limited for upgrade options..
I slapped a 250GB SSD with windows 10 on it into the main bay and it runs like a champ (i5-4690s/8GB RAM). In the 2nd Bay there is an optical drive that I don't need. It's connected with a crazy slimline sata connector from it, directly to the MB. One wire goes to a standard SATA connection on the MB and for power the other wire to like a 5 pin power connector on the MB.
My question is---can I rip out the optical drive, buy some sort of adapter, and slap in a secondary HDD or SSD? Here are some pics... Thanks in advance!!!
https://ibb.co/wyVxsXD
https://ibb.co/YjMY7mG
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