HP Z2 G4 Workstation - Possible to Connect a 3.5inch Drive via SATA?
Purchased a new 10tb WD blue drive and was looking to install it in this tower running Win 11.
Bios is up to date and it can see that the drive is connected via the SATA data cable, shows the proper serial/model name, looks fine. But it shows as 0gb total and when i do a scan i get a 'software error' result (it doesnt even scan, it auto fails with this error)
In Windows 11 itself I get nothing under Disk Management. diskpart in cmd prompt, etc.
It definitely sounds like the drive isnt even spinning up.
Funny thing is, i tried this same SATA Data cable and power cable with a 2.5inch drive and it works just fine. I installed the 3.5 drive via the other SATA power cable (using a new data cable, confirmed it works with the 2.5 drive) and nothing.
So thats why I was wondering if this provides enough power? My other guess is that the drive is simply dead and wont spin up. Honestly not sure.
I wont be able to get this drive into a spare PC or external reader until next week but is there any other tricks or things you guys think i can try?
Bummed about it not working right away, but TIA for any advice.
*EDIT* - my hope is to be able to use both the 2.5 as well as the 3.5 drive but if i can only have 1 or the other i'd prefer to make the 3.5 drive work somehow.
*EDIT #2* - I just found this link: https://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c02589905.pdf
It says: "SATA 6 gigabit per second (Gb/s) drives are currently only supported on the HP Z210 CMT (Convertible Minitower) and HP Z210 SFF (Small Form Factor) Workstations. They should not be installed or used in workstation products that do not support SATA 6 Gb/s drives."
Well not entirely sure but it sounnds like this drive won't work in this PC? How can that be, I dont know but bummer if true.