I have a phantom x570 in my Dan a4 and have a m.2 ssd for storage. Is there any low profile sata cables or any way of adding more storage. Due to the location of the sata ports on motherboard it makes it vertically impossible I’m guessing ?
Hi,
I assume you are talking about the ASRock X570 Phantom Gaming-ITX/TB3. Some other user ran into the same problem and posted pictures of the situation. The 90 degree cables did not fit because there are only about 2 mm space between connector and PSU.
Your only options would be:
a) Change the PSU to a HDPlex or what it is called, which is much smaller but needs an external power brick or such.
b) Switch out your mainboard to one with different orientation of those SATA connectors (this was my choice, I went with the X470 Gaming-ITX/ac instead of waiting for the X570, once I saw first pictures of those SATA ports). Perhaps the coming new mainboards may be different again?
c) Solder out the current SATA connectors, solder in a part with other orientation. Void the warranty when doing this. Not a thing I would recommend.
d) Keep it as it is.
I will try to find the post with those pictures mentioned.
Good Luck!
P.S. I did not find that post with the pictures. Might have been posted in another forum or perhaps on Reddit in SFF or such. I think it was around November 2019.