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November 8th, 2020 08:00
How do I connect a SSD to my Dell Optiplex SFF
Bought a Dell Optiplex SFF and wanted to upgrade it. I wanted to add a SSD to make it faster and keep the HHD for storage but I’m confused on how to do it. I see that there is an extra power cable there but the orange sata cable is connected to the DVD drive and there is no other sata port on the motherboard except the ones where the orange and blue cables are connected. Should I remove the orange cable from the DVD drive in order to connect it to an SSD? And also if I connect the ssd should I install windows 10 on there and how do I go about that.
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Weathereport
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November 8th, 2020 09:00
this is what it looks like
bra51776
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November 9th, 2020 04:00
It would help to know which Optiplex model you have so we can research the motherboard connectors. But if there are only two sata ports on it, you'll have to get splitter cables so you can connect two drives to one port. Do you have a physical location inside the sff case to put it? It appears that your front cage with the optical and HDD is full...