[SOLVED] Can laptop CD drive be replaced by a HDD?

Ulysses_ · 04-10-2010, 03:11 PM

An Acer Ferrari 4005wlmi laptop has the following CD/DVD IDE drive with a thickness of about 13 mm:

http://www.notebookreview.com/assets/6013.jpg

Can this be replaced by an IDE 2.5'' HDD?

If an adaptor of some kind is required, where do I get one?

Details of the rest of the system: http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=2476

pixellany · 04-10-2010, 03:27 PM

http://sdd.toshiba.com/main.aspx?Pat...HardDiskDrives

Note the statement about being only 9.5mm thick. This tells me it will physically fit. The connector will surely be different, but it is certainly possible to make an adapter.

I think there's a good chance someone has made an adapter----Uncle Google will know.....

Ulysses_ · 04-10-2010, 03:38 PM

Thanks. Laptop's drive is about 13mm thick externally, correcting the first post.

Ulysses_ · 04-10-2010, 03:44 PM

I'm confused about IDE sockets, what would they look like in this laptop?

Here's a picture from another product:

http://bixnet.net/images/DVD-RearConnector.jpg

http://www.bixnet.com/insldvcodr.html

pixellany · 04-10-2010, 06:13 PM

For starters, look at the plug on your CD/DVD.

Seems to me there are some outfits selling laptop parts. Regardless, it may take a bit of Googling to ID the various connectors.

Ulysses_ · 07-02-2010, 08:56 AM

Finally a 12.7mm caddy to replace the CD drive with an ide hard disk, here it is:

http://www.accessory4you.com/adapter...a/127i-i-1.jpg

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/290439320185

But there is also the following better one that takes SATA 1.5 Gb/s hard disks:

http://www.accessory4you.com/adapter...a/127i-s-1.jpg

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/290439320177

Where do I find the fastest SATA I hard drive in existence?

Ulysses_ · 07-02-2010, 03:59 PM

Here's a complete guide to replacing a laptop CD drive with a HDD:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/hard...bay-caddy.html

tredegar · 07-02-2010, 05:01 PM

Quote:

Here's a complete guide to replacing a laptop CD drive with a HDD:

So are you telling us you have answered your question yourself?

If so, please mark this thread as [SOLVED]

Ulysses_ · 07-02-2010, 08:58 PM

Sure. We are giving such links for the benefit of each other.

I'm marking this as solved, even though it is not a math problem or some trivial configuration setting but a real-life problem that may have more facets not discussed yet and where people might wish to add something.