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Studio XPS 9100 Additional Harddrives
I just received my new Studio XPS 9100 and I want to install two new hard drives they are Hitachi Deskstar 2TB SATA 3 - Will I be able to do this or not?
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I just received my new Studio XPS 9100 and I want to install two new hard drives they are Hitachi Deskstar 2TB SATA 3 - Will I be able to do this or not?
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jackshack
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October 3rd, 2011 20:00
Referring to the top view of the main board, the blocks labeled "10" and "11" contain the first four SATA ports. SATA 1 and SATA 2 are in the top block marked "10", SATA 3 and SATA 4 are in the block beneath that one marked "11". The stand-alone port just behind the block marked "11" is SATA 5.
EDIT: Incidently, software engineers usually begin counting with "0", so in some documents you may find these ports labeled 0 through 4. The only port that usually supports a boot drive is the first one, although if you have a bootable RAID it is possible to connect the drives to the third and fourth ports.
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October 3rd, 2011 17:00
Hi Gipper11,
I believe your system has room for three hard drives. So if it came with one, you have room for two more. The controller supports SATA 3gb/s.
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October 3rd, 2011 18:00
Thank you very much - the service manual for the 9100 does not say anythingg about them being stacked.
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October 3rd, 2011 18:00
gipper11
You are welcome and I'm happy to have helped.
Bev.
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October 3rd, 2011 18:00
gipper11
There are 5 SATA data connectors on the motherboard.
Each of the locations 10 & 11, have two SATA connectors, making a total of five internal connectors.
http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/desktop/f/3514/p/19343779/19740030.aspx
Bev.
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October 3rd, 2011 18:00
Actually I took another look and there is SATA 1, 2 and 3 is that all there is? I wanted to add two additional 2TB hard drives but two of the connectors are already in use.
gipper11
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October 3rd, 2011 18:00
I looke inside and noticed that the DVD and Hard drive are connected to sata 1-2 and 3-4 and Sata 5 I believe next to them with a straight up plug. I guess my question is are there three connections or 5?
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October 3rd, 2011 19:00
I do have one more question the top two SATA plugs are 1 and 2 the one by itself is 3 so how are the two under 1 and 2 labled I know it is 4 and 5 but I don't know which is under 1 and 2