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    Well I broke down and bought a SSD. Quick question.

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by aarpcard, Jun 16, 2012.

  1. aarpcard

    aarpcard Notebook Deity

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    Got a decent deal on a OCZ Agility 3 120gb drive. $75 new

    I plan on swapping it out for my blu-ray drive.

    Do I absolutely need one of these for it to work?

    2nd Hard Drive HDD SSD Caddy Bay For Dell Alienware M17x M18x R1 R2 R3 DVD RW | eBay

    I know the sata power connectors are slightly different, but i don't want to bother taking apart my computer now to see if they'll fit or not - and if they don't are the electrical connections just a simple pass-through as in can I possibly file down part of the case on the sata connector in the laptop for it to fit onto the ssd?
     
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    It's a different sized connector. You would need the adapter in the caddy.
     
    namaiki, Jun 17, 2012
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    pardon my noobness, but I thought the m17x had two hard drive bays... does the blu-ray drive take up a bay on its own?
     
    darkdomino, Jun 17, 2012
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    The M17x has 2 hard drive bays. The optical drive is separate.

    Sent from my DROID RAZR MAXX Using Tapatalk 2
     
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    That's not what I'm talking about.

    This is what I'm talking about.

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    Checking the connector on the MB to see how easily it can be modified requires disassembling the entire laptop - not something I want to do twice if someone here knows the answer.
     
    aarpcard, Jun 17, 2012
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    The m17x is able to run 2 HDD's without having to remove the optical drive, some people do that on the m14x but not on the m17 because it is not necessary.
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Jun 18, 2012
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    It is if you want to run THREE drives, 2 RAID SSDs and a large storage SATA drive! That is what I'm planning :D
     
    novost, Jun 19, 2012
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