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    Succend in upgrade Dell Studio 1558 Slot loading DVD wirter to 2nD 640GB HDD

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by wjxzcg, Jan 20, 2011.

  1. wjxzcg

    wjxzcg Newbie

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    Last night, I got the 2nd HDD caddy from ebay link:

    NEW SATA 2nd HDD caddy for 9.5mm Universal CD/DVD-ROM (eBay item 300449917044 end time 22-Jan-11 20:56:51 AEDST) : Computers

    and remove the plastic plate, which will fit the inside chassis. Then I followed this manual: Documentation

    I removed palmset and DVD driver. Add my extra 640 GB 2.5inch, 9.5mm notebook drive into the caddy and connect through the SATA interface. When put back every piece of computer. Restart the computer, it works very well.
     
    wjxzcg, Jan 20, 2011
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    cyberkost Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yeah, but it looks like that item is for an IBM laptop ... granted, it may fit physically, but more likely than not it won't fit cosmetically. Were you able to get some sort bezel for it that would fit with your Dell?
     
    cyberkost, Jan 22, 2011
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    Sure. It fit perfectly after I removed the plastic plate at the end of bezel. No any cosmetic problem, because all of them are inside of the chassis.
     
    wjxzcg, Jan 26, 2011
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    cyberkost Notebook Enthusiast

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    Care to post a picture of the side where DVD slot was?
     
    cyberkost, Jan 26, 2011
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