T60p Ultrabay SATA dock not compatible with W500

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T60p Ultrabay SATA dock not compatible with W500

#1 Post by gpvillamil » Sun Oct 05, 2008 5:54 pm

I recently got a W500, expecting that I'd be able to use the existing Ultrabay SATA HD dock from the T60p.

However, it does not seem to be compatible - in fact there is a tab on the Ultrabay SATA dock that seems to prevent it from physically docking.

I'm a bit annoyed, since I ordered it from the Lenovo accessory page for the W500.

Any thoughts re RMAing this?

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#2 Post by aaa » Sun Oct 05, 2008 8:01 pm

People have been removing the tab to use it with T4x.

Although If you did get it from the W500 page, you should be able to send it back.

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#3 Post by maximaro » Tue Oct 07, 2008 1:15 pm

gpvillamil: do u still have the URL of that Lenovo accessory page? i am having the same problem.

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#4 Post by jketzetera » Thu Oct 16, 2008 11:57 pm

I believe that T6x and X6x series adapters and optical drives are incompatible with the new Thinkpads and vice versa.

See http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?p=460398

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