The issue you'll run into is that the system board only has one SATA connector, which is intended for use with the optical drive (based on pages 165 and 166 of the manual, linked below). You may be able to disconnect the optical drive and connect the drive there, but it wouldn't be an officially supported configuration. I suspect you could take power from the DVD drive, as well. The R610 did have SSD support, so I'd encourage you to look at validated part numbers, but that having been said, I used non-validated hard drives in my R710 and never had an issue. Just be advised that your mileage may vary and you may run into issues with some drives.
Let me know if this helps, or if you have any additional questions.
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Hello,
The issue you'll run into is that the system board only has one SATA connector, which is intended for use with the optical drive (based on pages 165 and 166 of the manual, linked below). You may be able to disconnect the optical drive and connect the drive there, but it wouldn't be an officially supported configuration. I suspect you could take power from the DVD drive, as well. The R610 did have SSD support, so I'd encourage you to look at validated part numbers, but that having been said, I used non-validated hard drives in my R710 and never had an issue. Just be advised that your mileage may vary and you may run into issues with some drives.
Let me know if this helps, or if you have any additional questions.
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