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January 25th, 2011 13:00
Dell Precision T3400 and the 3rd Hard Drive (Can I, or Can't I?)
I need to add a 3rd Drive to a Dell Precision T3400 MT. However after reading the userguide i can't tell whether or not the 3.25 bays can be used.
Under adding and replacing parts in the section for Tower configuration Pg 186 of the user guide states " upper 3.5-inch drive bay, (supports a floppy drive, a Media, Card Reader, or an additional, SATA or SAS hard drive)" In the section "
Installing an Optional Third Hard Drive (Tower Computer) Pg 199 states "
Do not attempt to install a SAS hard drive in the lower 3.5-inch drive bay. This drive bay will only support a floppy drive or a Media Card Reader."
So, can i or can't I use the 3.25" bay and if not, bearing in mind i'm in the UK how can i install the 3rd Drive (I say bearing in mind, as when i spoke to Dell Parts in the UK, they had no idea.
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n1koolkat
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January 25th, 2011 13:00
... and to complicate matters even further, on pg 223 "Installing an Optical Drive (Tower Computer). NOTICE: In a tower configuration with 4 hard drives, there can only be one optical drive which must be installed in the upper 5.25-inch drive bay. In this case, the 3rd hard drive will occupy the upper 3.5-inch drive bay. The fourth hard drive will occupy the lower 5.25-inch drive bay." [*-)]
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January 27th, 2011 21:00
Just got there there is a difference between the upper and lower 3.25 inch slots :emotion-10:
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January 22nd, 2012 12:00
n1koolkat, I'm curious, how did you end up getting the 3rd drive into that slot? I'm a new owner of a T3400, and i would like to setup a nice amount of hard drives in mine, it'll be used as a media server.