Question HP Elitedesk 800 G4 DM hdd caddy

Lizzi Swane

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So i have had trouble finding a hdd caddy on ebay. i did a search in ebay and the one i ended up with was a g3 caddy and so i'm having to send that back. ebay was nice and refunded me my 12$ which is great as i'm on a small budget.

My main question is can i have three drives in this machine? I have a 2 tb nvme 2280 on the left slot and a 512 gb 2280 in the right slot but i know but have never seen the actual hdd caddy that goes in these things. I have a 1tb 2.5 inch hdd i'd like to put in there as well. Cani get that in there too with the caddy?

not that i think it matters but here's some inxi for anyone who cares.

Code:
System:
  Kernel: 6.6.69-1-lts arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
  Desktop: MATE v: 1.28.2 Distro: Artix base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: HP product: HP EliteDesk 800 G4 DM 35W (TAA) v: SBKPF
    serial: <filter>
  Mobo: HP model: 83E2 v: KBC Version 07.D4.00 serial: <filter> UEFI: HP
    v: Q21 Ver. 02.29.01 date: 09/26/2024
Memory:
  System RAM: total: 8 GiB available: 7.11 GiB used: 6.79 GiB (95.5%)
    igpu: 512 MiB
  Array-1: capacity: 32 GiB slots: 2 modules: 1 EC: None
    max-module-size: 16 GiB note: est.
  Device-1: Channel-B DIMM1 type: DDR4 size: 8 GiB speed: 2667 MT/s
  Device-2: Channel-A DIMM3 type: no module installed
CPU:
  Info: 6-core model: Intel Core i5-8500T bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Coffee Lake
    rev: A cache: L1: 384 KiB L2: 1.5 MiB L3: 9 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 800 min/max: 800/3500 cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800
    5: 800 6: 800 bogomips: 25211
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel CoffeeLake-S GT2 [UHD Graphics 630] vendor: Hewlett-Packard
    driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-9.5 bus-ID: 00:02.0
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.15 driver: X: loaded: intel
    unloaded: fbdev,modesetting failed: vesa dri: i965 gpu: i915
    s-res: 2304x1280 resolution: 1: 1280x1024 2: 1280x1024
  API: EGL v: 1.5 drivers: iris,swrast platforms:
    active: gbm,x11,surfaceless,device inactive: wayland
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 24.3.3-arch1.1
    glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 630 (CFL
    GT2)
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH cAVS vendor: Hewlett-Packard
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1f.3
  API: ALSA v: k6.6.69-1-lts status: kernel-api
  Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off
  Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.2.7 status: off
  Server-3: PulseAudio v: 17.0-43-g3e2bb status: active (root, process)
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-LM vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: e1000e
    v: kernel port: N/A bus-ID: 00:1f.6
  IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 2.32 TiB used: 36.35 GiB (1.5%)
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Western Digital model: WD BLACK SN770 500GB
    size: 465.76 GiB temp: 33.9 C
  ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 vendor: TeamGroup model: TM8FP6002T size: 1.86 TiB
    temp: 35.9 C
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 97.87 GiB used: 21.96 GiB (22.4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2
  ID-2: /boot/efi size: 511 MiB used: 300 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/nvme1n1p1
  ID-3: /home size: 294.23 GiB used: 14.39 GiB (4.9%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/nvme1n1p3
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:
  Src: /sys System Temperatures: cpu: 41.0 C pch: 37.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
  Processes: 340 Uptime: 15h 21m Init: Dinit
  Packages: 1006 Compilers: gcc: 14.2.1 Shell: Sudo v: 1.9.16p2 inxi: 3.3.36
 
Well no, not one that i know will fit. Finding one to fit is def a problem. Ebay refunded my money yesterday and it was in my account today so thats done. But a link to the one that is for my machine? Probably not since the wrong one populated the top of the list in my search i'm guessing i wont find the one i want.

On another forum i asked the same question and suggested i buy just the ribbon cable and a ssd because the hdd caddy won't fit with both nvme's populated. This is the kind of thing a voice of experience with the actual device is needed.
 
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