Second harddrive in laptop

I purchased a Satellite P770 recently. One of the reasons I went with the one I did was because it is capable of having a second internal harddrive. I didn't order it with a second drive because I already have a 500GB drive, and was planning to put in a 1TB later anyway (Toshiba didn't have 1TB drives as an option.).
I just discovered that while there is an empty bay, there is no sata port to connect a second harddrive to. It looks like there's a place where a small board would be mounted, and the sata port the 1st harddrive is connected to also has a ribbon cable connector next to it.
I couldn't find anything on the Toshiba site, does anyone know where can I get the parts I need (second sata port board and harddrive caddy)?

I imagine by now you found your answer. If not, the circuit board is available at:
http://www.notebooksolutions.ca/zc/toshiba-original-circuit-board-2nd-hdd-conn-ts47437-49764.html

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