DELL SATA 2nd HDD Caddy for Latitude D Series (D620, D630)

I have seen these SATA 2nd HDD Caddies for the Latitude D Series on eBay. They all look like aftermarket parts. I can't find an actual genuine Dell part except for the PATA version.

Does anyone know if a genuine DELL SATA caddy exists for the D620 (D series)?

If so, please point me in the right direction. Part number?

 

Nope, there isn't one.

 

The fake ones are fine... I've gotten two random generics and never had a problem with either. Even if it breaks, they're like a dime a dozen...

 

I have used a third party SATA caddy in the media-bay of my former D830, replacing the original Dell PATA version that had a smaller/failing drive.

Pro: the SATA caddy is recognized as a SATA device and delivers SATA speeds, while the old PATA version was recognized as USB with USB speeds. In other words: a LOT faster than before!

Contra: it does NOT work in the D/Dock docking station's media-bay (the PATA version does).

Conclusion: get one on ebay, it is a significant upgrade over the old PATA caddy.

 

Thanks for the info. Didn't think it would work at SATA speeds since it was going through the IDE channel.

 

No, you are right, it won't. The sleds use a PATA to SATA adapter and will be capped at PATA speeds (about 100MB/s max), but unless your boot drive is a faster-than-the-PATA-bus SSD and your sled drive is another faster-than-the-PATA-bus SSD, this cap really isn't relevant.

 

It is not going through an IDE channel, it is recognized as a SATA device and gives SATA speeds (at least on the D830 I used it with). Most more recent D-series are native SATA systems, I am not aware of any PATA devices in these machines - probably the reason why the PATA caddy needs an USB emulation to communicate with the host.

 

This is news to me. Have you actually tried reading and writing to and from sufficiently fast drives ( > 100MB/s) and verifying that you get the rated speeds?