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    M1530 Only Has One HDD Slot, right?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by jcm4, Nov 12, 2008.

  1. jcm4

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    Topic. 10char.
     
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    Yes, just the one. It is only a 15.4 incher afterall.
     
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    quite so. just one. you can upgrade it to a 500gb HDD at the most.
     
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  4. Chrysaor

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    You can sacrifice the DVD slot for second HD.
    I never use the DVD drive, so I am thinking about doing it.
     
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    Really? There must be some degree of custom work, making an enclosure at the least.
    The hdd is hot swappable, just slide in, slide out. but the dvd drive only has a ribbon connection so I don't know how you intend to convert it.
    I seriously doubt its possible.
     
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  6. jcm4

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    Really? I Googled and couldn't find anything.
     
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    Chryasor, you can do that on thinkpads but not on an XPS 1530. The optical drive can only be used for optical drive.
     
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  8. Chrysaor

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    You need to get a special media bay and place the harddrive inside, they are pretty common.
    http://newmodeus.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=177
     
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    Yea, but the M1530 dvd drive is slot load, that wont work, it doesnt pop out like older dells like the Latitude C series.
     
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  11. Chrysaor

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    Thats why it says you need to take the machine apart, probably need to remove the head of the bay as well.
     
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    What cable issue are you talking about?
    You connect the hard drive to the SATA connection inside the bay, and connect the media bay to whatever connection DVD drive has.
     
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    (I've taken the laptop apart)
    The dvd is very easy to remove and installing an enclosure would be very easy, but how to you get the hard-drive connected to the mother board???

    edit; both posted at same time - Jinx!! :)
    The dvd drive doesn't have a simple ata connector, it has some modified ribbon cable. how to you get around that??
     
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  14. Chrysaor

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    You don't connect the hard drive to motherboard.
    Connect the hard drive to media bay, connect media bay to motherboard.
     
    Chrysaor, Nov 13, 2008
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    Whar's a media bay?
     
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