E5420, possible to add second HDD?

Dear all,

Short and sweet: Is it possible to make the by now classical combo of SSD for OS+apps and HDD for storage in the E5420 chassis?

I have seen 2 ways of adding an SSD:

• 2½ SSD plus 2½ HDD in the Media Bay via an after-market tray. But AFAIK the E5420 doesn't have this option?
• mSATA SSD and regular HDD in the regular HDD bay.

Can the above -- or a 3rd option I didn't know about -- provide SSD + HDD in the E5420?

Thank you,

 

I personally don't know another options. I'm searching for a E5420 caddy to replace the optical by a HDD. Newmodeus seems not to have options for E5420 (for E6420 appears to have been added this month).

Does somebody know if there is already available a HDD caddy to replace the optical in E5420?. Is it possible to adapt the caddy from another existing model?. It is incredible that Dell doesn't offers this option as a standard...

 

In case anybody is interested, I asked NewmodeUS:

They have updated also their website to include E5420.

 

@sysdroid: Thanks a bunch! You have just saved me a fair amount of money and hassle with this tip, thank you.

The NewMode Electronics webpage is very unconvincing, because the photos clearly do not show a Dell E5420 chassis. But I learned a simple thing from Dells support site that I hadn't understood before: The E5420 has a fairly easily removable optical drive tray -- it just isn't hot-swappable, you need to take the backplate off and remove a screw.

A photo shows this clearly:

Source Dell's manual.

With this information, and the confirmation from NewmodeUS, I'm happy to buy an E5420 and their caddy.

 

The Dell E5X20 series Latitudes do NOT have a hot swappable optical bay. You need tools to remove the optical drive.

 

hi all . can i install a ssd sata 3 drive into my del latitude e5420 ?
if there are a compatible conntectors on the motherboard ? If i get sata 3 speed?

thanx

 

Yes the E5420 has SATA III connectors in the main drive bay and also in the optical drive bay.

I have a SATA III SSD in my main drive bay and put the original HDD in the optical drive bay in a caddy.

 

thanx a lot.

May be you know if E6520 has too the sata III connectors on the motherboard?

 

Hi all , anybody knows if i can install 2x8 =16GB memory in the e5420, in the scpecs its wrote up to 8 gb???