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    are there USB connectors for optical bay (ultrabay on thinkpads) devices

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by useroflaptops, Jul 5, 2009.

  1. useroflaptops

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    Is it possible to take the optical bay (called ultrabay on thinkpad) device and plug it into a computer as a USB device with a connector. If so where do I acquire this USB connector?
     
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    Yes - though ultrabay has two different connectors. ICH9M or newer ultrabays as used in T400/T500 use a sata connector. Older chipsets like T60/T61/T4x use a pata connector.

    pata ultrabay-to-usb adapter: Slim USB adapter for thinkpad
    sata ultrabay-to-usb adapter: eSATA/USB to SATA Cable for laptop CD DVD rom drive
     
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    great thank. I'm finding it.
     
    trieudoahong, Jul 5, 2009
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