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August 24th, 2025 16:57
Aurora R8, moving HDD to different bay and cable query
Hi Guys, another query if you could help me out please. I want to move my original HDD to the left bottom or indeed the right caddy for the HDD. I already have a 2.5 inch SSD in place in one of them but can move this again easily. My question is whether I have to use the original cabling attached to the HDD I.E. the original current Sata power cable and Sata data cable that is already attached to it?
I don't want to accidentally reformat the drive by thinking the PC might recognise it as such and lose all my data on it.
I'm thinking that I probably should do use the existing Sata cables attached to it. Is this the appropriate way? Once I remove the HDD, I will add an extra fan there as a front intake fan.
Any responses I would be grateful to you.
Tesla1856
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August 25th, 2025 00:45
Should be fine. You would think computer would be able to breath better with it down-there anyway.
If you use the same plug on motherboard, seems like it would be challenging for the computer to even detect you moved it.
Shut-Down, un-plug power, and press power-button (to release flea-power) before you start messing-about inside. Take your time and try not to blow anything up.
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AnthonyRebel
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August 24th, 2025 17:07
See attached better images for clarity
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August 25th, 2025 07:33
@Tesla1856
Thanks mate. That was I was thinking