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HowTo: Latitude E-/Precision M-Series Second 2,5" HDD

Discussion in 'Dell Latitude, Vostro, and Precision' started by ulub81, Jan 30, 2009.

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  1. danceswithfrogs

    danceswithfrogs Newbie

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    my adapter - from the same seller - arrived today: just a tiny hint less black than the rest of the machine. even a tiny led for HDD activity - cute.

    takes a bit of fumbling to get the caddy out again - have the feel i need to be careful not to break the front part when pulling the plastic cover.

    my e6400 wouldnt resume from the caddy (had it hibernate with the HDD in the main drive bay) it but did cold boot without a drive in the main HDD slot.
     
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    Rich.Carpenter Cranky Bastage

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    Is there any possible way to retrofit the Dell part with the guts of the Lenovo part?
     
    Rich.Carpenter, Feb 5, 2009
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    allfiredup Notebook Virtuoso

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    I just bought the Lenovo module from ebay and installed it in my M4400 with a 250GB WD HDD in place of the DVD-RW drive. That doubled my storage capacity :p

    But I find the speed of transfer between the main HDD and this drive to be pretty slow - something like 20MB/sec or so.. Am I doing something wrong? The HDD is FAT32 btw and the main HDD is NTFS. Could that be a problem?:confused:
     
    btechie, Feb 20, 2009
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    ulub81 Notebook Enthusiast

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    In my case there is no problem with speed. I have the same Speed when using the hdd in the bay (around 55 MB/s) as in the normal caddy.
     
    ulub81, Feb 22, 2009
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    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    Just a thought: What disk transfer mode have you set in the BIOS? IRRT, AHCI or ATA? ATA might create performance limitations when using multiple HDDs.

    John
     
    John Ratsey, Feb 22, 2009
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    ulub81 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm on AHCI Mode!
     
    ulub81, Feb 22, 2009
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    WebPilot Newbie

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    A most excelent solution ulub81 and thanks for the pointer to this thread John Ratsey.

    I just bought a e6500 with a 128GB SSD becasue i am headed to iraq and did not want to deal with drive failure but this really limited internal storage and this fix will be a tremendous help for me.

    thanks
     
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    ulub81 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I just checked the speed in the bay with my new Intel X25-M SSD. I reached 275 MB/S in the bay!!!!

    So there are definitely no limitations when using the hdd bay. You get full SataII Speed!
     
    ulub81, Feb 27, 2009
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    wearetheborg Notebook Virtuoso

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    Anyone know if this will work in a M6400 ?
    That will make the M6400 have 3 hard drives :D
     
    wearetheborg, Feb 27, 2009
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