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I'm buying a new ThinkPad - E540 and I'm wondering if I can transfer the old t61 hdd caddy to the new machine?

here's the official e540 caddy
http://www.ebay.com/itm/SATA-2nd-Hard-D ... 27dca99ca4

and here's the t61 one
http://www.ebay.com/itm/SATA-2nd-HDD-Ca ... 2a237363bb

they both look identical, they are both 9.5mm thick..

Hi Dawnbreaker. Sorry but I am 99.9% sure it will not. The T61 has an IDE type of connection in the ultrabay while the E540 looks like it is a SATA connection. I also speak from experience as I mistakenly tried to put my T500 DVDRW drive (is a SATA connection) into my T61 and it would not fit. The connections are totally different.

No it will not fit.
The E540 caddy itself has a 2-part SATA connector from caddy to motherboard.
See here: http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTAwMFgxNTAw/ ... z/$_57.JPG

The T6x has a different 1-part flat connector from caddy to motherboard.
See here: http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/ ... ~60_57.JPG

Thanks for your kind responses guys - much appreciated.

I'm going for the E540 caddy then. And another question pops out - will adding a SSD in the main bay and moving the rotating hdd in the ultrabay void the warranty?

Swapping the hdd and ssd between the ultrabay and main caddy will not void the warranty since they are CRU (consumer replaceable units).