Ran out of SATA slots! (Solved)

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2011/06/16 01:33:46 (permalink)

Ran out of SATA slots! (Solved)

I have 3 internal harddrives and 1 external.  I bought Hollywood Strings and was going to add another hardrive for it.  I went to install the HD and realized all 5 of my SATA slots are being used.  Only 3 of them are HD.  I dont know where the other 2 are going, I assume one is going to my CD/DVD burner thing but no idea where the other one goes to.  Do any computer experts have any suggestions on how I can free up a SATA slot without losing my CD/DVD burner thing. 
 
The wires are wrapped very neatly behind the MB so its not an easy chore trying to track down where a wire is conneted to.  Below is my MB and DVD burner.
 
Thanks for any suggestions
Motherboard: Asus M4A79T Deluxe (AMD 790FX Chipset) (Socket AM3)
Optical Drive 1: DVD±R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 20x / CD-Writer 48x) (LightScribe Edition)
post edited by LpMike75 - 2011/06/16 04:24:47


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    Re:Ran out of SATA slots! 2011/06/16 01:49:11 (permalink)
    LpMike75

    ...all 5 of my SATA slots are being used.  Only 3 of them are HD.  I dont know where the other 2 are going, I assume one is going to my CD/DVD burner thing but no idea where the other one goes to...
    Maybe it's connected to an external SATA slot on either the front or the rear of the PC case.  If you don't use any external SATA devices then you could disconnect this.

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    Re:Ran out of SATA slots! 2011/06/16 01:57:19 (permalink)
    Hmm, I have an "E SATA" input on the front, never knew what I would use it for.  You think that connects to the normal SATA slot?


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    Re:Ran out of SATA slots! 2011/06/16 02:14:59 (permalink)
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    Hmm, I have an "E SATA" input on the front, never knew what I would use it for.  You think that connects to the normal SATA slot?
    Seems likely.


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    Re:Ran out of SATA slots! 2011/06/16 02:16:22 (permalink)
    Thanks for the help Kev, I will investigate that option


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    Re:Ran out of SATA slots! 2011/06/16 03:23:36 (permalink)
    Hey Kev you were right, thanks for the help.  New drive installed and ready to go!


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    Re:Ran out of SATA slots! 2011/06/16 04:07:24 (permalink)
    LpMike75

    Hey Kev you were right, thanks for the help.  New drive installed and ready to go!
    Great!


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    Re:Ran out of SATA slots! (Solved) 2011/06/16 09:14:27 (permalink)
    I use the external sata slots for back up drives. Then those drives aren't running all the time needlessly. I'm hoping that extends their life.
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