Multiple sata drives.

I have a 500gb sata drive and a dvdrom in my computer,

there are no other ports for sata cables on the mobo.

can i get/use a double sata cable so i can add another hdd?

i think my current sata drive has no jumpers on it, is this correct

 

or would something like this be my only option

 

That's what you need chap, and if you buy one from Hong Kong it'll be mega cheap too.

 

Yes, PCI Sata card is what you need as above.
No jumpers on sata drives, It works out the OS partition itself.

 

thanks chaps.


looking for a card to suit my desktop but its a slim line thing requiring half height cards.

 

Low profile sata card? Ouch!

 

I can't imagine there are only two sata ports on your board. Download cpu-z and get the board make and model, and let's see.

 

ok

 

manufacturer : acer

model : wmcp78m

 

Acer are about as unhelpfull as I've seen a manufacturer website.

But with it being small form factor, I'm guessing it's only got 2. Lid off time methinks!

 

Nope, looks like I'm wrong. If you can't find any others, you'll need to find an expansion card.
This one adds two ports for 16.

 

Nope, looks like I'm wrong.
You can get this one for 16 with the half height bracket.

 

thank you