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Adding third hard drive
In the past i succesfully added a second hard drive in my Dell dimension 8400.
Recently i've been thinking about adding a third hard drive.
While there are enough SATA connectors on the motherboard (4 of which 2 are used) there aren't enough power connectors for the SATA drive (only 2 of which all are used). This however can be solved by using a splitter or convertor.
The other problem however is the room in the case to place the third hard drive in.
I noticed there is a slot free under my floppy drive. While it looks almost the same in width and length,..it seems a hard drive WITH braces is just (barely) too width to fit in.
Is there a way to fit the third hard drive somewhere in the case (anyone ever managed to install a third hard drive) or am i doomed to have maximum two hard drives?
Thanks
Recently i've been thinking about adding a third hard drive.
While there are enough SATA connectors on the motherboard (4 of which 2 are used) there aren't enough power connectors for the SATA drive (only 2 of which all are used). This however can be solved by using a splitter or convertor.
The other problem however is the room in the case to place the third hard drive in.
I noticed there is a slot free under my floppy drive. While it looks almost the same in width and length,..it seems a hard drive WITH braces is just (barely) too width to fit in.
Is there a way to fit the third hard drive somewhere in the case (anyone ever managed to install a third hard drive) or am i doomed to have maximum two hard drives?
Thanks
Spoon_man
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February 25th, 2006 01:00
Fred S.
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February 26th, 2006 00:00
Interesting. You really fitted two hard drives in your floppy disk bay? Then it must be possible for me aswell. But when i try to put the hd with the hd rail in it it's just a few millimeters too width. Without the rails the hd would easily fit,...but the hd wouldn't be well attached then.
I'm beginning to wonder wheter your floppy disk bay might be just slighly bigger (or your hd smaller, but that's simply illogical).
Anybody else managed to put more than 2 hard drives in their case?
MSL
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February 26th, 2006 21:00
You will have to use the floppy bay rails, they're shorter and thinner than the HDD rails. I've mounted hard drives in the floppy bays of Dim. 2450, 4550, 8200, Optiplex GX270, 280, Precision 370, and 380's.
Marc
Spoon_man
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February 27th, 2006 01:00
Fred S.
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March 1st, 2006 14:00
I don't understand why the manual says the case supports maximum 2 hard drives.
Clearly you can easily fit up to 4 drives. ;)
Spoon_man
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March 1st, 2006 15:00
glad to hear it worked out, yeah I've wondered that also. I always look at the specs on the new machines to see if they'll handle more too. Good luck with your new configuration. Spoon