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[Solved] My motherboard only offers 1 SATA port, I need at least 2

Forum Motherboards & Memory : Aopen [Solved] My motherboard only offers 1 SATA port, I need at least 2

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Hello, I am very new here and this is my first time building a PC on my own. Everything went very smoothly, however the CD Drive I bought requires me using a SATA data cable, however my motherboard only has one slot for a SATA data cable, and it's already occupied by my hard drive.

Here is the motherboard I am using
http://www.msi.com/product/mb/890FXA-GD70.html

Is there some sort of extension to the motherboard I can buy to equip it with more SATA ports?

Also, sorry if I picked a weird sub-category, I honestly have no idea what those are ):

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You have 6 sata 3 ports, they are backwards compatiable w/ sata 2 & use the same cable, you should be all set.

Jim

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OH gosh, I completely overlooked those. So sorry, thank you so much Jim! All is well now :)!!!

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