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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by LunchEnjoyer@lemmy.world to c/hardware@lemmy.ml
 

Hi, im a bit new to homelabbing, and recently bought a server - on a second hand market. The computer came with the following component, but im a bit unsure what it does exactly. It was sitting in one of the GPU slots on the Motherboard. I feel like it has something to do with adding HDDs. Could somebody please clarify this one for me? Much appreciated!

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[–] Vinny_93@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

That's the great thing about PCIe: could be anything. But until we get a closer look at those two ports at the bottom, there's really no way of telling. They could be SATA ports.