How many SATA3 ports in an Acer XC-780 Aspire micro tower PC?

MichaelChong
MichaelChong Member Posts: 2 New User
edited September 2023 in Aspire and Veriton Desktops

I tried to add a SATA3 1TB SSD into my Acer XC-780 Aspire micro tower PC. But, I can see only 2 SATA ports: 1 connected to an existing hard disk

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  • MichaelChong
    MichaelChong Member Posts: 2 New User
    edited September 2023

    to add a SATA3 1TB SSD into my Acer XC-780 Aspire

  • billsey
    billsey ACE Posts: 34,101 Trailblazer

    Do you already have a big enough SSD in the M.2 slot? As you discovered there are only two SATA connectors on the motherboard, typically for a HDD and ODD. The M.2 slot though provides the ability to add a third SATA drive. Note that the design is old enough that the M.2 slot is SATA only, no support for NVMe.

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  • Larryodie
    Larryodie Member Posts: 1,658 Community Aficionado WiFi Icon

    Nine characters too short ?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgK2dDq-vHI&t=439s

  • billsey
    billsey ACE Posts: 34,101 Trailblazer

    Of course, that video is for a different model, so ignore what they say about possible upgrades and only look at how they do it. It is very similar to yours.

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