How to install a second bottom hard drive in an OMEN by HP Desktop PC 880-120

[Dream-Weaver]

How to install a second bottom hard drive in an OMEN by HP Desktop PC 880-120?
It has 2 HD slots on the bottom.

One slot has the 1-TB HD with the recovery partion and I want to install an SSD and keep the other one too.
I can't find a second SATA Data connector.
It has 2 SATA power connectors in one cable.

Thanks,

-DW

[old_geekster]

@Dream-Weaver, welcome to the forum.

You will have to buy a SATA "Y" adapter to connect the SSD.  If you haven't bought the SSD, I highly recommend that you buy a Samsung SSD.  They seem to work best with HP motherboards and BIOS'es.

The Product Specifications state that the is a 256 GB M.2 SSD available in the computer, also.  See the section titled "Hard drives".

Please click the Thumbs up + button if I have helped you and click Accept as Solution if your problem is solved.

[Dream-Weaver]

Hi, old_geekster,

Thanks for the reply but the SATA "Y" adapter is only for power. I can't see anywhere to connect a cable for the data connector.

I need to know where to look.

-DW

[Dream-Weaver]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frLtWmr6mLo

This video shows how to swap one drive for another.

It shows two drives in the bottom bays, what it doesn't show is where the power and data cable connerctors originate from.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

-DW

[wb2001]

@Dream-Weaver,

Your correct.   While the Power Supply (PSU) should have a spare SATA power lead, spare SATA dact cable are "never" supplied.  There are 4 SATA motherboard headers.  Their stacked in pairs along the edge of the board.

[Dream-Weaver]

@wb2001

Thanks for your reply,

Yes, I found a diagram for my motherboard which shows two SATA Data Connectors each having two connectors

for a total of four. The four are full. What I'm looking for probably doesn't exist. Why would they not include a fifth, since there are two bottom bays? I could disconnect the one for the ODD and use it, but one of the reasons I bought this computer was because it had a CD-DVD.

-DW

[wb2001]

@Dream-Weaver,

Everytime you add another issue.  (All 4 SATA headers occupied).  OK ?

Lets work this out !!!! What is in each port ?   You said in the past replies the following:

1TB hard drive, and 1 DVD drive.

I only see 1 option, the PCIEx4 slot.   4 SATA ports.    Another M.2 card

[Dream-Weaver]

@wb2001

Thanks for replying again. There are what HP calls 2 external slots for hard drives.

What I'm woundering is if I move the bottom 1TB HDD (the one with the recovery program) to one of those top slots will the recovery program find the drive to run the program?

Here's the video showing the top slots:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6qRPJ9MpZE

Thanks,

-DW

[wb2001]

@Dream-Weaver,

Unless your willing to answer my questions as to what is connected to the 4 SATA ports, I can not assist you.

BTW<>The boot drive must not be moved off it's cabling.  That was in the video that you offered.

[Dream-Weaver]

@wb2001

Sorry if you didn't understand my last anawer

There are 2-hdd's connected to the top bays and one in the bottom bay and then there's the cd/dvd.

The 2-top bays will not take an ssd and yes I tried many 3.5" to  2.5" adapters.

Not sure where the m.2 ssd gets it's power and data from.

Thanks for the help

-DW

--<>BTW The boot drive is not the bottom 1TB HDD - The M.2 is the boot drive