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    Swapping out my CD Drive for more HD room...

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by lemonspeaker, May 8, 2009.

  1. lemonspeaker

    lemonspeaker Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi Guys,
    I own an HDX16T. I already have an intel SSD installed but I want to remove my CD drive and try make room for another SSD.
    Can anyone give me some tips or hints?
    What kind of connector do I need to connect the original CD drive's port to the SATA port on an SSD?
    I know macbook unibody owners can do this but what ever they're using is proprietary. Ugh.

    help would be appreciated!
     
    lemonspeaker, May 8, 2009
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  2. X2P

    X2P COOLING | NBR Super Mod

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    I have deleted your other thread, cross posting is against forum rules.

    Thank you
     
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  3. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    I am not very familiar with your HP model
    It either uses a ATAPI or mini-SATA based optical drive.
    You need to find out what interface the system uses for its optical drive.
    You can only figure this out by removing the optical drive and looking at the port on the back of it.

    You can use an adaptor such as this one in order to mount a SATA 2.5" harddrive in your optical drive bay.

    http://newmodeus.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=188

    You just need to match the interface and pick the adaptor which fits accordingly

    If yours runs the ATAPI interface, it will be capped at (100mb/sec or 133mb/sec?) which will bottleneck the Intel SSD's

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, May 8, 2009
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