Hi All,
I have a HP Elitedesk 800 G2 Small Form Factor (SFF). Apparently it is the same motherboard as the Tower (TWR) version, and their BIOSes looks to be identical. The TWR supports up to 5 SATA connections, the SFF only 3 -- and indeed there are 2 unpopulated SATA port pads on my SFF motherboard. I'd like to get these working.
I removed two SATA port connectors from a scrap board and soldered them to the empty pads on my motherboard (once again, dicky96's YouTubes were very helpful, thanks). It went pretty well, connections look good, however the BIOS still only detects 3 SATA ports.
I am wondering if there are more components necessary, e.g. some resistors or some such, that also need to get added in order to activate the ports?
Any advice welcome.
I have a HP Elitedesk 800 G2 Small Form Factor (SFF). Apparently it is the same motherboard as the Tower (TWR) version, and their BIOSes looks to be identical. The TWR supports up to 5 SATA connections, the SFF only 3 -- and indeed there are 2 unpopulated SATA port pads on my SFF motherboard. I'd like to get these working.
I removed two SATA port connectors from a scrap board and soldered them to the empty pads on my motherboard (once again, dicky96's YouTubes were very helpful, thanks). It went pretty well, connections look good, however the BIOS still only detects 3 SATA ports.
I am wondering if there are more components necessary, e.g. some resistors or some such, that also need to get added in order to activate the ports?
Any advice welcome.
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