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    Sticking hard drive or SSD in DVD drive of Vaio Z?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by HDTV4me, Feb 26, 2009.

  1. HDTV4me

    HDTV4me Notebook Consultant

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    I remember reading a thread about somebody who opened I believe Z and connected a hard drive to dvd drive connector while leaving dvd drive in for cosmetic reasons. Can't find this thread. Where exactly can the hard drive go? Inside the tray?
    I am afraid there will be too much vibration if I put regular HD there. For this reason I would rather put there SSD but is there a way to make this a primary OS drive? Seems like last bios allows to boot from optical drive.
    Thanks!
     
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    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    You need to remove the dvd drive and purchase a dvd drive shaped box which you install the second hard drive in and have in you computer instead of the dvd drive.

    It is a permanent solution and shouldn't really be inserted and removed a lot. Optical Bay Hard Drive Caddy

    Actually. This might be something completely different to what I'm suggesting..
     
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  3. HDTV4me

    HDTV4me Notebook Consultant

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    Vaio Z needs a 9.5 mm drive caddy. I didn't find any that would fit Z
     
    HDTV4me, Feb 26, 2009
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    Compaq MultibayII caddy is a 9.5mm unit and would work long as your systemboard has a PATA JAE 50 connector (most likely). See this thread for detailed pics thread. Only SATA versions available at the moment, but newmodeus are scheduled to release a PATA one mid-April.
     
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    See here
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=315001
     
    defcon6, Mar 21, 2009
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    So any update/definitive solution on these caddy. Do they work?

    Thanks
     
    r3pul5iv3, Sep 16, 2009
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