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For lack of a better term, there's a metal "wrap" attached the drive in my T60. Do I need a similar device when I use the UltraBay? The drive seems a little loose without it.

If I do need it, does anyone have the part number? - I can't find it on the Lenovo site.

Thanks.

You mean the hard drive caddy, see the advertisement above

And no, you do not need it for the ultrabay hdd. Its normal for the ultrabay hdd to be slightly loose.

Volker wrote:You mean the hard drive caddy, see the advertisement above

And no, you do not need it for the ultrabay hdd. Its normal for the ultrabay hdd to be slightly loose.

Doh! How did I miss that advertisement?

I'm going to buy one to see if it makes the drive fit a little better (I just had a disk die on me, so I'm a little paranoid at the mooment).

Thanks.

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jeffm wrote:Do I need a similar device when I use the UltraBay? The drive seems a little loose without it.

You don't need it.

However, if you have the drive in a caddy the design of the Ultrabay drive carrier is such that it engages with the caddy and effectively locks the drive into the carrier, rather than being "a little loose".

Volker wrote:Its normal for the ultrabay hdd to be slightly loose.

The normal use of the Ultarbay drive carrier is supposed to be with the HDD in a caddy! Using it without a caddy is not normal use, though for many practical purposes it does work OK.

Cheers,

Bill B.

If I don't already have a caddy mounted on the hard drive, I simply insert the drive into the Ultrabay HD adapater along with a sheet of mylar at the bottom to prevent any accidental shorts of the (normally) open circuit board on the HD with the metal plate of the Ultrabay adapter. This assumes that you are using the genuine IBM HD adapter and not one of the plastic knock-offs.