TheNatural2020 Ultrabay Enhanced II Module 2nd HDD for Lenovo ThinkPad R400, R500, T420, T420i, T430, T510, T510i, T520, T530, W510, W520, W530, W700 12.7 mm SATA III adapter caddy + USB-SATA-cable

Worked a real treat in my Thinkpad 430, using an SSD and Linux, so have far more space. I now have a high quality SSD for the boot drive (Samsung Pro) and a cheap one for photos etc (backed up of course) - Crucial MX300 525GB in this case.Under Linux Mint, there's probably a few more steps than with Windows. I found it easier to create the partition and format it by placing the SSD in a caddy first and running gparted. As I formatted the drive using Ext4, it had root ownership, so had to change that. Easiest way to fix that was to start the file manager as root (sudo caja) and look at the properties of the drive - and change ownership and group to myself, with permissions to read/write.

Great way to add a second hard disk to a Dell e4310 laptop - perfect fit, if a little tight. Really nice decent construction with acceptable-looking exterior (sorta still looks like a DVD drive).Needs the metal 'tab' taken off the real DVD as it's pretty tricky to remove without this. Great product - I highly recommend it - seemed better quality (from reviews) than competing offerings and I can say it's great.

I don't usually write reviews but I spent that long trying to find a UK supplied 2nd hdd caddy for my dell latitude e6420 that, having found one suitable, I thought I would try and help others out. The caddy fits perfectly in the place of the dvd drive but like another reviewer says, the bezel is very short and leaves some of the caddy showing. The bezel and ejector button from the original dvd drive come off really easily - the bezel gentrly unclips while the ejector button is just a case of removing 3 screws and fit superbly on this new caddy. The new caddy now fits perfectly in the slot and the ejector clips perfectly. Not tried a hdd in it yet so it might not work in theory(!) but it certainly fits a treat.

I bought this to use in my Lenovo T430s (slimline) as I wanted to run an extra hard flash drive for my virtual environments. Previously I had run this on an external drive with a USB 3 port but the SSD drive still underperformed. I installed this - and followed some instructions on You Tube. It took me 10 mins to install the SSD drive in and it slutted it no problems. Because this is aslo a direct connection to the port, the SSD drive performs faster and quicker than before. I'd recommend this bay - and ignore the prices as it does perform as good as the expensive one from Lenovo. I haven't experienced the cracks that everyone else has experienced.

Although this adapter is reasonably well constructed, it is over priced and does not fit the Dell M4800 -That said, it does not claim to fit the 4800, but since it does claim to fit the 4400 I thought I'd give it a go. The bezel is entirely the wrong shape - it's too long and has a pronounced downward slant meaning that the bezel sticks out several mm from the edge of the laptop. This is far from clear from the photos. It is functional but I can't say I'm happy with it and will have to look elsewhere for another one at some point.My three star rating is based on poor value for money and the poor photos describing the item - not the fact it did not fit my laptop properly.

Have an old ibm T43p thinkpad which is 12 years old, cdrom was faulty and old pata hard drive was on way out so I bought this caddy and removed old hard drive and cdrom and fitted this with a sata hard drive that I had lying about, was able to install the operating system on it via an external drive.Build quality is good and the trim is finished in the same black plastic as the laptop, also has a blue hdd activity light that shows disk activity.No instructions came with the unit but basically you screw the 4 provided screws nearly all the way into the holes on the side of the hdd, lift up the retaining clip on the caddy and slide into place... There are 4 tabs that grip the screws that you previously fitted.. Then snap the retainer into place... Slide into the laptop with power off and battery removed...My laptop didn't recognise the new drive at first but just open the disk management in Windows 10 etc and you will see it right click on it and format it etc....Over all we'll pleasedCheapest way to get an old laptop working even though I don't have a cdrom now, but who actually uses them now a days...

Snug fit, but I was not prepared for how bright the LED on the outside was! If I had to buy again, I would pick a tray with no indicators - it's incredibly annoying at night. This isn't really a fault, just a personal preference. It otherwise does its intended purpose justice, with my laptop (Thinkpad T410) not making the slightest rattle.

I have a Lenovo T530 and purchased this Ultrabay to replace one that I previously had (from another Amazon supplier) as it was faulty. Not all Ultrabays are created equal as the previous one fitted perfectly and the face was flush with the side of the Lenovo. However, this one, protrudes by about 2mm at the bottom but it has worked perfectly to date. If you can live with the fact that this bay protrudes slightly, then it is one to go for.

Does what it's supposed to but not the best quality

Rezensiert wird hier das Modell für das T430 (mit der 12,7 mm hohen Blende).Für den speziellen Anwendungsfall der Astrofotografie (Aufnahme von Videos der Planeten unseres Sonnensystems mittels eines Teleskops und einer CCD-Kamera mit hoher Framerate) verwende ich ein extra hierfür gebraucht angeschafftes altes T430 mit einer aus den Tiefen einer Schublade hervorgekramten ebenfalls betagten Samsung 830 Basic als "Datengrab" in der Ultrabay.Meine Anforderungen an das Produkt sind:1. Unterstützung der vollen Schreib-/Lesegeschwindigkeit der SSD2. unkomplizierter Wechsel des DatenträgersHabe mit AS SSD Benchmark und CrystalDiskMark die Lese-/Schreibgeschwindigkeit in dieser Konfiguration getestet und war echt erstaunt darüber, dass die in der Produktbeschreibung der SSD angegebenen 520 bzw. 320 MB/s Lese- bzw. Schreibgeschwindigkeit mit dem Ultrabay-Caddy nahezu erreicht wurden, d.h., die SSD ist mit dem hier rezensierten Caddy in der Ultrabay genauso schnell, als würde man sie direkt in das Laptop einbauen und an den primären SATA-Anschluss anschließen.Der Caddy passt *fast* perfekt - er steht ca. einen halben mm über, was aber überhaupt nichts ausmacht (das ThinkPad hat ja sowieso nicht besonders ebene Oberflächen).Das Reinschieben in und Rausnehmen aus dem Schacht des Caddy-/Festplattenensembles sowie die Installation/Entnahme der SSD in den/aus dem Caddy funktionieren reibungslos. Besonders gut finde ich den kleinen Plastik-Klapp-Nippel, der die Festplatte nach dem Einsetzen fixiert. Man braucht also keinen extra Rahmen und Schrauben sondern setzt die Festplatte so wie sie ist ein, legt den Klapp-Nippel um, und die Festplatte sitzt fest und sicher im Caddy und lässt sich ohne Aufwand wieder entnehmen und an einen anderen Rechner anschließen.Meine speziellen Anforderungen erfüllt das Produkt also voll, daher fünf Sterne.Wie gesagt betreibe ich die SSD in der Ultrabay nur als Zweitlaufwerk zum Speichern von Daten. Ob alles auch so reibungslos funktioniert, wenn man mit dem Produkt die primäre Festplatte betreiben will, von der auch das Betriebssystem gebootet wird, weiß ich nicht, und hierzu verweise ich auf die Rezensionen anderer Käufer/innen.

Ho comprato questo caddy per il mio Lenovo R400, portatile davvero vecchio, poiché volevo creare una combo HDD+SSD. L'ho provato appena arrivato con un HDD che avevo in casa e ha funzionato alla perfezione, senza dover installare assolutamente nulla. Comodissimo e di qualità molto alta. Si adatta perfettamente anche al design del pc stesso (non un gran design eh). Davvero un prodotto ottimo per un pc del genere, abbastanza vecchio, i cui pezzi di ricambio originali sono davvero difficili da reperire.CONSIGLIATOSe ti sono stato utile lascia un "utile"

Acabados en plastico y aluminio. Trae un pequeño destornillador para ajustar unos pequeños tornillos laterales para asegurar el HDD al bastidor. Hay un pequeña cuña de plastico extraible que se saca para la instalcion del HDD y se recoloca para rellenar el espacio necesario al instalarlo, quedando el disco perfectamente encajado.Aprendi por las malas que hay DOS grosores de DVD Slim: 9mm y 12mm... Aconsejo sacar la unidad del ordenador y medirla, esos 3mm hacen que quede suelta o no entre, si no eliges la adecuada. Ademas sacando (con cuidado) el frontal de la unidad de DVD, se puede reinstalar en el chasis y queda totalmente integrado como la unidad original. La estetica cuenta!!!PD: Generalmente la unidad de DVD tiene, o una trampilla en la tapa inferior donde hay un tornillo que lo asegura, o un cierre tipo gatillo para liberaralo o hay que leventar el teclado (como en muchos ASUS, como el mio) y buscar un tornillo para extraer la unidad).Funcionamiento a la perfeccion (tampoco es un "gran obra de ingenieria" adaptar un conector a otro) con un HDD de 2Tb WD.Ideal para aprovechar espacio en portatiles en el que cada vez se usa menos la unidad de DVD y se aprecia mas la capacidad de almacenamiento...

He sustituido la bahía para DVDR de un portatil Dell 15R 5521 por este adaptador, incorporando el disco duro de serie de 1TB incorporado en el mismo. Simplemente encaja perfecto.Sacar el DVD quitando el tornillo de sujección que lleva el portatil en la parte inferior.Quitar con cuidado en el DVD el embellecedor lateral (el que lleva el pulsador del DVD), está sujeto con tres pestañas.Quitar la chapa de sujección metálica en la parte trasera del DVD, quitando los dos tornillos que la sujetan.Quitar en el adaptador el tope de plástico que lleva donde encajas el disco duro.Poner en el adaptador las dos piezas primeras (embellecedor y pieza de sujección), curioso que el adaptador tenga los mismos huecos para tornillos que el DVD de 9,5 mm.Incorporar el Disco Duro en su posición dentro del adaptador, poner el tope de plástico.Insertar el adaptador ya montado en la bahía del portatil y sujetar con tornillo.