How to Install 2nd Hard Drive in a Veriton X Desktop - VX4665G-I7970S1? What cables do I need?

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  • Larryodie
    Larryodie Member Posts: 1,843 Community Aficionado WiFi Icon

    Looks good to me , as Billsay say, check your length specs.

  • Duke57
    Duke57 Member Posts: 17 Troubleshooter

    Cool. Thank you.

  • billsey
    billsey ACE Posts: 35,677 Trailblazer
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    Sure, those look like the correct cables. You should already have mounts for a HDD and SSD:

    If installing a 2.5" drive there, you use an adapter bracket for 3.5" to 2.5".

    From there you reverse the process to reinstall, cabling should be somewhat obvious.

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  • Duke57
    Duke57 Member Posts: 17 Troubleshooter

    Hi. Ok Great I did not realize their is a 2.5 inch bracket underneath. So now I am wondering if I can actually add 3 more drives.

    If I use this bracket(you mentioned) and I use a black metal adapter bracket for 3.5" to 2.5" hdd, which will hold 2 x 2.5 in hard drives. Going to try it. Thank you.

  • billsey
    billsey ACE Posts: 35,677 Trailblazer
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    Well, there are four SATA ports in total… :)

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  • Duke57
    Duke57 Member Posts: 17 Troubleshooter
    edited February 14

    Finally received the cables(1st order lost in transit), Reordered from an acer recommended site = https://www.acerparts.ca/product/50-vqed3-001/?gad_source=5.

    Also had this in my laptop and re-installed in the Veriton cd slot and thus was able to add a 2.5 HDD, 1TB.

    https://vantecusa.com/products_detail.php?p_id=145

    Used a 2.5 to 3.5 hdd bracket and installed 2 x 2.5, 2 TB each, hard drives underneath the 3.5 hdd bracket.

    Bought a 3.5 hard driver, 3TB, from www.provantage.com

    So in the end I was able to add 4 extra hard drives.

    Side view image below. Thank you for all the help.

  • Larryodie
    Larryodie Member Posts: 1,843 Community Aficionado WiFi Icon
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    Great Information Well Done.

  • Duke57
    Duke57 Member Posts: 17 Troubleshooter
    edited March 16

    Since this message board was so helpful I Thought I would check if you have any ideas as to how to fix issue. Last night I shut down this acer veriton and un plugged it. Had bad thunderstorms coming. Today I plugged it in and turned it on. Nothing happened. Will not power on. Fan not coming on. Tried different power cord. Nothing. Opened cover to check for lose connections and no loose connections. Any suggestions? Thank you

    I posted the question here

    https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/722340/veriton-x-desktop-vx4665g-i7970s1will-not-power-on/p1?new=1