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    Serial ATA Hard Drive Bay Adapter

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by nikoliy, Feb 3, 2008.

  1. nikoliy

    nikoliy Newbie

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    Has anyone tried to use an adapter from a ThinkPad Lenovo to add a second
    hard drive to to M570RU or any other laptop? I think the sata conection
    should work but i dont know about the fit.
     
    nikoliy, Feb 3, 2008
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  2. kaltmond

    kaltmond Clepple

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    Not all Lenovo NBs use a generic connection, so it maybe not fit.
     
    kaltmond, Feb 3, 2008
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  3. bhattsan

    bhattsan Notebook Deity

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    edit: never mind
     
    bhattsan, Feb 3, 2008
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  4. Fade To Black

    Fade To Black The Bad Ass

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    Does it work?
     
    Fade To Black, Feb 3, 2008
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  5. nikoliy

    nikoliy Newbie

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    thanks bhattsan, i did search the forum and didnt find anything other then the thinkpad adapter...
    Oh yea the m750ru is very nice, i didnt expect such quality.
     
    nikoliy, Feb 3, 2008
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    eleron911 HighSpeedFreak

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    Does it work???
    I think Fade to Black actually asked this a gazillion times before...but...well, I might even consider losing the dvdwriter for a while if that would get me 320 gb of more space :D
     
    eleron911, Feb 3, 2008
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  7. bhattsan

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    ...anybody willing to be guinea pigs? ;) :D
     
    bhattsan, Feb 4, 2008
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  8. Fade To Black

    Fade To Black The Bad Ass

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    So I guess you posted it just for the sake of the post...
    Probably will not work. Maybe Justin or Donald can answer this question.
     
    Fade To Black, Feb 4, 2008
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  9. lndnny

    lndnny Notebook Geek

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    Just got a reply back from rjtech. They say their m570u bay would not work for the m570ru.

    Dan
     
    lndnny, Feb 4, 2008
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  10. bhattsan

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    Thanks for that. Darn. I guess they don't use the same drive bays. But I remember seeing an earlier post where someone replaced their optical drive bay with an hdd, and assumed they were using this.
     
    bhattsan, Feb 4, 2008
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  11. Fade To Black

    Fade To Black The Bad Ass

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    No, he was using some Chinese ****, which wasn't 100% compatible.
     
    Fade To Black, Feb 5, 2008
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  12. nikoliy

    nikoliy Newbie

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    I read that post as well, i think he said the cover wasnt fitting quiet right...
    hey lndnny did rjtech say weather it was incompatible b/c of the connection or
    the mounting hardware? I think if its the mounting hardware i could probably mod
    it...
     
    nikoliy, Feb 6, 2008
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  13. lndnny

    lndnny Notebook Geek

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    No idea. The email came back with, quote:

    "no"

    That was all they had said. :confused:

    Dan
     
    lndnny, Feb 6, 2008
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  14. Fade To Black

    Fade To Black The Bad Ass

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    I smell a conspiracy here...don't you? :p
     
    Fade To Black, Feb 6, 2008
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  15. Shyster1

    Shyster1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Indeed, although in my case, I sometimes wonder if I haven't simply become conditioned by the unremitting ability of the big brands ($ony, M$, H-y-Pocrite, D'H'ell, and the like) to treat customers like mushrooms* to smell conspiracy the same way Pavlov's dogs salivated at the sound of a bell.:confused2: :twitcy:


    *mushrooms are kept in the dark and fed manure :biggrin:
     
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  16. Fade To Black

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    I still wonder why wouldn't it work...if it has the same dimensions as this mode's DVD-RW.
     
    Fade To Black, Feb 6, 2008
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