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‎11-16-2024 10:21 AM

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Product: HP Elite Tower 800 G9 Desktop PC (7E5P9AV)

Dear all,

 

I have had a HP ProDesk PC for years and now the time has come to leave it behind: it can't run W11. So yesterday I received my brand new HP Elite Tower 800 G9 Desktop PC and I have been very busy re-installing all the programs I need and migrating all settings and stuff.. After a strange hickup (I could not update the BIOS, because my monitor was too small...) I managed to get almost everything running.

 

On my old PC I have moved all relevant data I had collected and generated through the years to an extra Samsung SATA SSD, which I installed just a few years ago. My goal is to screw that 2,5 '' SSD into the new PC, so I my data is migrated. I have done some investigating: it seems that the text on the body of the G9 suggests, that I can screw the SSD to the body of the PC. That will probably work. Next, I see that the SATA data-cable I have will also fit into the SATA socket(s) of the G9. But the third item is more difficult: where do I get power for the SSD? There are no SATA power cables inside the G9 at all???

 

I do see the 6-pin socket on the motherboard, with the text SATA PWR next to it. So I suppose I must purchase a cable to power my extra SSD. Does anyone know which cable(s) I need? Does HP recommend specific cables to power SATA devices?

 

Thanks in advance!

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