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T61 Ultraslim SATA bay/caddy questions.
Posted: Sun May 23, 2010 5:56 am
by n1hilist
Hi guys.
I've searched and read quite a number of the threads here regarding SATA Ultraslim bays for the T61 but I can't quite make out exactly what I"ll need. Sorry for the dupe
I'm urgently looking for an Ultraslim bay, I can't seem to source any in my country so I'm resorting to eBay.
Are the third party ones worth getting? If so can someone suggest which ones I should be looking at or avoiding? If there's a cheap official Lenovo one I'd be willing to pay but all the original ones I've found cost a lot and shipping will just inflate the cost even more
Also, do I need the rubber tails / caddy for the Ultraslim adapter? Some folks on the internet said you don't for the Ultraslim bays, but you do for the larger bays? If I do need the caddy, where could I get one cheaply?
I've already asked on Notebook Review's forums, but I'd like more opinions before I fork out money.
Thanks in advance!
Edit: Jus to clear up, the 'caddy' is the drive rail/rubber pads, right? May have the wording wrong :\
Re: T61 Ultraslim SATA bay/caddy questions.
Posted: Sun May 23, 2010 10:27 am
by EOMtp
You need one of the following:
http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_nkw=%28Len ... m270.l1313
plus one of the following:
http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_nkw=%28IBM ... m270.l1313
Note: You do NOT need the rubber rails for the UltraBay adapter. You need the rubber rails only if you intend to place the drive in the primary bay of the Thinkpad.
Re: T61 Ultraslim SATA bay/caddy questions.
Posted: Sun May 23, 2010 11:45 am
by n1hilist
http://cgi.ebay.com/Sata-2nd-HDD-Caddy- ... 335c7c194b
Does that one seem okay? I'm a little shy about how reliable these third party ones are.
Re: T61 Ultraslim SATA bay/caddy questions.
Posted: Sun May 23, 2010 8:24 pm
by richk
I use them all the time
Re: T61 Ultraslim SATA bay/caddy questions.
Posted: Sun May 23, 2010 8:41 pm
by Ralf Hutter
?
You don't need (nor will the drive even fit into the UltraSlim bay adapter with it attached) one of those caddies to install a notebook HDD into the UltraSlim Bay adapter. Just the bare drive with 4 screws attached to it (to fit under the retention "nubs" in the adapter.
Re: T61 Ultraslim SATA bay/caddy questions.
Posted: Sun May 23, 2010 8:42 pm
by Ralf Hutter
richk wrote:I use them all the time
Yes, me too, in both T4x and T60s. The knock-offs that I have work just as well as the Genuine IBM versions. There are no issues with either fit or function.
Re: T61 Ultraslim SATA bay/caddy questions.
Posted: Tue May 25, 2010 2:57 pm
by n1hilist
Thanks for the tips guys.
My 500GB 7200.4 Seagate arrived this afternoon, busy imaging it from my 320GB, when the Ultrabay adapter arrives I'll have the 320GB in there. Will report back with my results.
Re: T61 Ultraslim SATA bay/caddy questions.
Posted: Tue May 25, 2010 10:20 pm
by yak
"UltraslimBay" was in ThinkPad 600. What you're talking about here is "UltraBay Slim".
Just to clarify the terms.
Re: T61 Ultraslim SATA bay/caddy questions.
Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 1:26 pm
by n1hilist
yak wrote:"UltraslimBay" was in ThinkPad 600. What you're talking about here is "UltraBay Slim".
Just to clarify the terms.
Pedantic biaatch!
Okay well my Ultrabay Slim adapter arrived today, a very slight lil dent/kink in the base of the metal (who cares). Slotted out the DVD-RW and slapped in the HDD and plugged her in.
Didn't work at first, errors in my syslog, rebooted the PC and it's okay now, works very nicely. AFAIK in Linux I need to mod something or use a script to tell the controller for hot swapping. I found some stuff on Google I'm going to try, but a reboot sorted me out proper.
Speed tests using hdparm:
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/dev/sda:
Timing cached reads: 2218 MB in 2.00 seconds = 1109.08 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 200 MB in 3.02 seconds = 66.21 MB/sec
/dev/sdb:
Timing cached reads: 2252 MB in 2.00 seconds = 1126.56 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 306 MB in 3.01 seconds = 101.54 MB/sec
/dev/sdb is the 7200rpm 500GB I just bought,
/dev/sda being my older 5400rpm 320GB Seagate.
The chassis is a little flimsy, the plastic buffer/spacer that's to keep the HDD snug is very cheap, feels like it's gonna break. But otherwise it's relatively well made. It fits very snugly without wobbling inside the laptop, that's all that matters really.
Thanks for all the help guys.