help - adding sata port to motherboard

ronz91

ronz91

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Hi guys

I have a motherboard that has only 2 sata ports available.

This is it: https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/H61M-P20-G3/Specification

There seems to be 2 solder points for 2 more ports but they were never attached. - see pic

I need to connect 2 HDDs and a DVD writer to the board.

I have seen the PCI-E cards with internal sata ports are quite pricy.

Any ideas for adding the required ports or connecting the required components?
 

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ronz91 said:
Hi guys

I have a motherboard that has only 2 sata ports available.

This is it: https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/H61M-P20-G3/Specification

There seems to be 2 solder points for 2 more ports but they were never attached. - see pic

I need to connect 2 HDDs and a DVD writer to the board.

I have seen the PCI-E cards with internal sata ports are quite pricy.

Any ideas for adding the required ports or connecting the required components?
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Just because the solder pads are there doesn't mean the supporting logic is.

In the process of soldering extra ports there's the potential to fsck something up.
 
ponder said:
Just because the solder pads are there doesn't mean the supporting logic is.

In the process of soldering extra ports there's the potential to fsck something up.
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agreed

looking for a reasonably priced PCIE expansion card with internal sata ports?
 
ronz91 said:
won't work in this situation
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Do you need full SATA performance on the devices you want to plug in ?

You could look at makeshift solution by getting USB3-to-SATA3 converter, you would however be limited to USB3 transfer speed.

Something like this.

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John Tempus said:
Do you need full SATA performance on the devices you want to plug in ?

You could look at makeshift solution by getting USB3-to-SATA3 converter, you would however be limited to USB3 transfer speed.

Something like this.

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technically just needs to run a DVD/CD writer but this would have to plug in externally
 
@ponder

My mobo only has 3GBps ports.
If I add a SATA expansion card for 6GBps would it support the hard drives on 6GBps?
O/T I know. Just thought of this when reading the thread.
 
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