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    Serial Ultrabay Slim SATA Hard Drive Adapter for X200 Ultrabase

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by kamitorial, Nov 3, 2010.

  1. kamitorial

    kamitorial Notebook Enthusiast

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    My $12.48 (shipped) 2nd HD adapter finally arrived and I thought I'd share some quick pictures and thoughts with you.

    + houses the HD well, not too tight and not too loose.
    + feels fairly sturdy in construction and looks straight
    + fits in the ultrabay very well and it blends nicely color and texture wise
    + transfer speed seemed good to me. I transferred 33gb of music to it at a speed starting at around 20mb and towards the end rising to about 40mb (see last picture)
    - Not sure why but the adapter came with 4 hd screws which I could not find a use for.




     
    kamitorial, Nov 3, 2010
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  2. Ingvarr

    Ingvarr Notebook Deity

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    Because you may want second internal HD maybe? ;) Or at least to reduce clutter :)
    Not to mention that on at least some Thinkpads even eSATA is limited to Gen-1 while Ultrabay is Gen-2, giving more raw transfer speed.
     
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  3. JabbaJabba

    JabbaJabba ThinkPad Facilitator

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    Ingvarr is spot on. An internal HDD is priceless for the reasons explained.

    Transfer speed between my Intel 160GB G2 SSD and my Hitachi 5K500.B is the quickest I have every experienced between two notebook drives. Average transfer speed will be above 70 MB/s. For shorter transfers for i.e. 1GB files it will only take about 4 seconds, averaging 250MB/s - how this is possible I don't know but perhaps someone can shed some light on this.
     
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  4. vēer

    vēer Notebook Deity

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    It would be nice if someone shared knowledge considering full sized HDD in ultrabay enhanced, will it house 12.5mm drives or not?
     
    vēer, Nov 3, 2010
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  5. fem

    fem Notebook Consultant

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    Well, it's won't be "internal" exactly. Just inside the ultrabase.
     
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  6. User Retired 2

    User Retired 2 Notebook Nobel Laureate NBR Reviewer

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    There are two screwholes on the left and right side of the HDD. You attach the screws then slide under the tabs in the caddy which then prevents up/down HDD movement. Some caddies also have a front panel placed at the front of the HDD to prevent forward movement. The combo securing the HDD firmly in the caddy.
     
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  7. novi84

    novi84 Notebook Geek

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    Oh man, I paid $13.50 for mine - ripoff! :)

    Glad it seems to be working fine. Haven't received mine yet, but expect it to work just as the original would.
     
    novi84, Nov 3, 2010
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