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    Optical bay hard drive caddy

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by Press_ALT_F4, Aug 9, 2012.

  1. Press_ALT_F4

    Press_ALT_F4 Newbie

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    I got my np9170 a few days ago, and I didn't buy a hard drive caddy to replace the optical drive with. My fend recently gave me another ssd drive and I want to add it in. The only place would be the optical drive slot (the ssd is sata 2).

    What type of caddy should I buy? Which one would fit into the np9170 and not stick out/have any problems fitting in. I have never bought a caddy before and don't know what to look for.

    Any insights would be greatly appreciated.
     
    Press_ALT_F4, Aug 9, 2012
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  2. cr0bar

    cr0bar Notebook Geek

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    The optical drive is SATA-II so you would be better off putting a mechanical hard drive in there, if you were to have two SSDs and a mechanical drive (allowing the SSDs to take full advantage of SATA-III speeds). Assuming you have a SATA hard drive, you'd want to get a SATA to SATA caddy (though I don't know any specific models).
     
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  3. Coors

    Coors Notebook Geek

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    This one looks like it would work. Looks about like the one I got with mine from Sager. I'd probably make sure it would work from someone else more knowledgeable though before ordering.

    Amazon.com: JacobsParts® SATA 2nd HDD Hard Drive Caddy for 12.7mm Universal CD / DVD-ROM Optical Bay: Computers & Accessories



    To add to the original question though. Anyone know if it's possible to get a blank bezel? I don't really like how mine has the typical DVD-R stamping on it and the button that does nothing. When I first saw it on the laptop I was like "crap...Sager messed up and sent me a DVD drive" lol.
     
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  4. Support.3@XOTIC PC

    Support.3@XOTIC PC Company Representative

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    That one does look like it will work, any 12.7mm SATA caddy should work in there. Never have seen a blank bezel.
     
    Support.3@XOTIC PC, Aug 9, 2012
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