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‎09-05-2024 02:40 PM

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would like to add slave drive ( originally hitachi master on my old hp pavilion desktop a6622f )  .  is it possible?  my old memory was using pins and non on the hitiachi to slave it

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‎09-06-2024 12:17 PM

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Hi @GerryBeau 

 

Welcome to the HP Forum.

 

Slave HDDs would apply to the very old IDE HDD drive standard which requires a slave drive config when daisy chaining HDDs on the same IDE cable.

 

SATA HDDs don't don't require this.

 

Connect the Hitachi drive, if it is a SATA HDD, to a separate MB SATA data port using a SATA data cable and provide a SATA power connection from the power supply to HDD.

 

Regards

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‎09-06-2024 02:16 PM

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Thanks Bill. It is a SATA HHD .  Guess I have been away from tinkering on PC's way too long.

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