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    Anyone put a HDD in their OptiBay, what adapter to use?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Kingcodez, Jul 28, 2009.

  1. Kingcodez

    Kingcodez Notebook Consultant

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    I'm going to get a 34nm Intel SSD as soon as I can, along with a new 13" MBP.
    I wanted to throw my current 500GB drive into the OptiBay. I read that MCE makes a adapter but it's like $100.

    On the hardware page there's a thread that tells you the chipset and the corresponding adapter to use, The MBP's chipset is ICH9/m or something, anyways there's a link to a inevpensive $30 or so ebay adapter.
    Since the MBP is slot load, can I just throw one of those adapters in and it will fit (they are designed I think, for the laptops that are tray load)
    Or will I have to cut the end off of it?

    I don't care if I have to cut the end off it's better than paying the extra $50 or so for the adapter.

    I can 'eject' the drive when I'm not using it, but will it 'turn off' and cease using power? I don't care if my battery life goes down 30 min from it, but I do care if it's >an hour.

    It'd be really nice to get a smallish SSD for my OS and a large spinner for my BitTorrent. I know I can do external but then I need to carry around cables and use my precious USB ports. I hate external drives because the cables are 1 foot long and they always end up getting thrown around as I move on the couch or whatever. I can't wait until someone makes a wUSB enclosure that's battery powered so I can just stuff it into my bag and not worry about that stuff.
     
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    doh123 Without ME its just AWESO

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    an adapter is pretty standard, any should work that switched the normal optical drive hook up over to SATA, but most of the kits cost a lot because of the custom mounting, not the adapter itself. If you want to build your own mount and make sure the drive is in there good, you should be able to buy any old adapter.
     
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    So I can literally just plug the drive in, and use rubber tubing/bubblegum/a condom to 'insulate'/protect the HDD from shocks?

    I was going to make a sort of rudimentary system to evenly space and secure the HDD with the little 1x1 1/3 pieces of Legos, and tape. The OBay dosen't have any shock protection, so I was going to try to work out a way to use a little bit of rubber to protec tthe HDD from.. something..
     
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