Satellite P200/300 - Second HDD bay has no connector!

I became happy when i noticed 2nd hdd bay. But There's no sata connector available! Just some solders on the mainboard.
If i solder a SATA CONNECTOR just like this;
http://cgi.ebay.com/HP-Pavilion-DV6000-DV9000-SATA-Hard-Drive-Connector-26_W0QQitemZ140328066185QQcmdZViewItemQQptZPCC_Dri ves_Storage_Internal?hash=item20ac345c89&_trksid=p 3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12|66%3A2|39%3A1|72%3A1 205|293%3A1|294%3A50
it will work or not?

Hi
>I became happy when i noticed 2nd hdd bay. But there's no sata connector available!
This is a little bit confused am I right? ;)
The point is that not all P200 can be upgraded with the second HDD even if the second HDD bay is available.
The different P200 are equipped with different motherboards and not all are mobos supports 2 HDD controllers
Your notebook seems to be equipped with the motherboard which supports only one HDD controller.

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The point of that bay is, IF you purchase a model with a second HDD equipped then there would be a connector, but if purchased a model with only ONE drive equipped then you just will have one drive since the connector for the second HDD was not soldered on the mainboard of your model type.
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At the underside of the laptop there is an empty bay for a second internal hard disk.
It's at the bottom left side (the first internal hard disk exists on bottom right side) and the bay has a sata connector.
The plastic cover of the empty bay has extended columns so nothing (not even a hard disk) can be positioned inside.
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