Yes you can as long as the type of HDD that you are going to add is supported by your motherboard..
it does. RTM, see it does.
that model does not exits.
here is one guess.
Desktop dc5800 - P E2180 IS a COMPAQ model.
E2180 is the CPU not PC model.
and is very old. 13 yo
all are DC 5800 to 7800 computers DC series
about year 2008 with E2180 CPU as an option.
posted to show 3 things for others.
how to post real models of PC, not CPU #
and there is no limit for space 1 extra drive
in any HP MT casing.
and no 500GB limit, the limit is
2TB or x2 x4 or more if formatted correctly.
the DC5800 has 4 SATA ports, one is DVD/CD
so 3 remains, 1 for HDD0 and 1 more HDD add added with sata cable standard .
adding 3rd HDD needs power splitter or cable
adapter from HP,. (non standard PSU here)
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Yess external drive vista or window 7 will auotomatically solve your problem
no need change any
thing in BIOS unless your memory is lower than 256GB
512GB
It is unlikely the BIOS will support a hard disk of this size.
You can use an external USB 500 Gb hard disk and connect it to the computer's USB port. The computer will see this as ann external storage device.
The motherboard may support a 500Gb DATA hard drive but not an IDE hard drive.
Do you realise that the data on such a large hard drive is difficult to back up and an external USB hard drive (back up drive) will protect you from losing your important CAD data if and when the 500Gb SATA hard drive fails.
there is no IDE port there PATA so is not even relevant. all HDD main fail. every one
there is no escaping, it just like car tires.
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I do not need any external storage. The 80GB HDD is a SATA HDD and i want to add another one of 500 GB. I have important autocad files that I need all the time so an external HDD is not required.
E2180 is CPU, not PC.
DC5800 had that,
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