XPS 8500 added second HDD and second optical drive

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• XPS 8700 adding Second hard drive

  Hello - I bought recently for a XPS 8700 and I would add a second 1 to HDD - like this:

  http://www.Newegg.com/product/product.aspx?item=N82E16822148840

  This HARD - ST1000DM003 - drive looks identical to the factory installed HDD in my XPS 8700 - SCSI\DiskATA___ST1000DM003-1CH1CC47

  Is - this HARD drive identical or close to my OEM HARD drive?  That's fine with me.  I didn't need a lot of space - just need a backup disk.

  1.) do I need a HARD drive caddy any?  I did not open the folder again. I do not believe after looking at manuals online, but wanted to be sure.

  2.) these screws will work to set up the second HDD in the cage?

  http://www.Newegg.com/product/product.aspx?item=N82E16817998092

  3.) cable SATA which should I buy?  Manufacturer, length, type, etc.

  4.) is feeding OK with respect to capacity with a second HDD?

  Thank you. !  Sam

  Update - I installed the internal hard drive, which I purchased from Newegg.  8700 XPS recognized the drive.  All I had to do was to format the drive.

  Here are the things I bought.  The XPS 8700 is equipped with a stand to hold the second hard drive.  Thanks Bev.

  Seagate Barracuda 1 TB 7200 RPM ST1000DM003 / MIN 64 MB Cache SATA 6.0 GB/s 3.5 "internal hard drive

  http://www.Newegg.com/product/product.aspx?item=N82E16822148840

  This cable of length - 12 "- worked well."

  BYTECC model SATA - 112C 12 "w/locking SATA II cable lock

  http://www.Newegg.com/product/product.aspx?item=N82E16812270302

  StarTech SCREW632R15 turn spare hard drive head 6-32 screws - Pack of 15

  http://www.Newegg.com/product/product.aspx?item=N82E16817998092

• Problem adding second optical drive to Mac Pro 1.1

  So I had this internal blu - Ray drive today

  http://eShop.MacSales.com/item/LG/WH16NS40MP/

  Everything has been installed correctly, save for splitting the tab that does not have the video card in place (Fortunately it should still work from what I see).

  Anyway, when I put the drive in, the Bay does not go to bottom, as he is catching on something. The cables appear not to be in the path, so Indon't know what I am doing wrong. What should have taken an hour has now become a job all day, that nothing seems to work as the drive Bay is do not rinse. Attached photos. Anyone able to help? It's my main computer, so have it running it is imperative to adapt. Ugh.

  

  You posted pictures of the end of the cable, but he said you didn't think that was the problem.

  What happens at the front of the enclosure?

  Have you removed the front of the drawer so that the reader would fit properly? These discs do not fit if you leave this on the disc drawer front. Compare the fronts of the two drives, and it will come to you.  (pray it just remove gently, then the blades pointing upwards or downwards to remove). You may need to insert the ubiquitous folded paperclip and open both drawers to see the problem.

• Satellite R630 - second HDD recognized as optical drive in the BIOS

  I own a Toshiba R630 and recently replaced the original disc with a Crucial SSDS with improved performance. I use the old Hitachi drive in an external enclosure via eSATA trouble-free port, but this configuration requires both port eSata/USB combo and a second USB just for power, so I bought a cart of 9.5 mm to put the disc on DVD rentals.

  Today I went ahead. Physically, everything goes well (apart from the fact that I had to remove the back cover, more than 25 screws; I took the opportunity to clean the fan) but when I turned on the computer and BIOS the Hitachi drive is recognized as an optical drive!

  You can see an image here:

  After that I could get into Windows 7 (64), disk management recognizes it as a disk, but is unable to initialize. After restarting the computer, I can't get Windows anymore, because it directly goes to the recovery mode.

  Any help would be appreciated! Is it possible to do the BIOS to recognize the second disk as a hard drive?

  Carlos

  + The message was edited: faulty link has been removed.

  First I would recommend you to check the boot device order.
  No doubt the STRANGE was set first boot device and portable tries to boot from the HARD drive that is connected to the controller of the STRANGE.
  If this does not work, delete the old HDD Hitachi, reset the default BIOS and try to start once more.

  To be honest I'm not quite sure if the BIOS would support such configuration Mr. I mean not all laptops can be upgraded with a 2nd HDD and in many cases, the BIOS would bear not the HDD installed in the ODD Bay so this configuration can cause problems.

• Pavilion dv7 4053 cl: Pavilion dv7 4053cl adding second hard drive

  I replaced with success the stock HDD in my laptop with an SSD.

  I want to continue to use the old HDD in the laptop well, and it seems that I have a second drive Bay HARD in which HARD drive can adapt. I have not, however, see a SATA connector on the motherboard for a second HDD connection.

  There is a SATA connector to the disk HARD primary (symbols of disc 1, marked on the plastic) and there are two connectors near the RAM, which seem not to be SATA, and my optical disc drive is connected.

  Am I missing something, or is there is no place on the motherboard to connect a second HARD (well, or SSD) via SATA drive?

  GrubenM wrote:
  I replaced with success the stock HDD in my laptop with an SSD.

  I want to continue to use the old HDD in the laptop well, and it seems that I have a second drive Bay HARD in which HARD drive can adapt. I have not, however, see a SATA connector on the motherboard for a second HDD connection.

  There is a SATA connector to the disk HARD primary (symbols of disc 1, marked on the plastic) and there are two connectors near the RAM, which seem not to be SATA, and my optical disc drive is connected.

  Am I missing something, or is there is no place on the motherboard to connect a second HARD (well, or SSD) via SATA drive?

  Here's your Guide to maintenance & Service.

  It's the package, you need to add a 2nd hard drive: http://www.newmodeus.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=345

• Dell Optiplex 755 adding second hard drive

  I have a Dell Optiplex 755 and I would like to add a second hard drive (160GB 3.5 "SATA Hard Drive Western Digital WD1600AAJS) to have more space, because I think that the stock 75 GB is not enough for me. So I wonder if I need a new power supply or additional data and power cables.

  Thank you.

  The mini tour has two positions for the drives.  See the manual...

  NOTE from the ADMIN: Broken link has been removed from this post by Dell >

  The two positions of hard disks are next to each other.

  Yes, you will need to provide a SATA cable

• Fixed R40e and R50e optical drive?

  Hi all

  I plan to buy a used Thinkpad, or a R40e a R50e. The R40e comes with a drive to DVD - ROM and the R50e with a CD-ROM drive. I'm leaning toward the R50e, because it is better in all aspects, except that it cannot read the DVD. I thought that I could replace the CD-ROM drive later with a drive combo or something, but then I looked around, a little on the web and got a little confused.

  I read that "some options are not compatible with ThinkPad R50e systems because the Ultrabay drive is fixed." I also read the same thing about the R40e, but not on the Lenovo Web site. At the same time, I saw that Lenovo had some videos on how to remove and install the optical drives in the R40e and the R50e.

  Then it is replaceable or not? A I misunderstood something? The Ultrabay drive is not the same as the CD/DVD drive?

  If someone could explain that to me, I would be grateful.

  See you soon,.

  Laszlo

  Hi Laszlo,

  Yes, it's just a matter of withdrawal of the first keyboard to replace the optical drive in models of 'e' as R40e,ee/R51 R50. Here are some links for you and others who can be read:

• CS6 install and no optical drive on Macbook Pro

  I have a new Macbook Pro with no optical drive and want to install my copy of InDesign CS6?  Just the CD, what can do?

  Hi Ben,

  Please see:other downloads

  I hope this helps.

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• Dimension 8100 XP added second hard drive

  I do not ask for help more, but I'm missing something.  I got the correct drive WD HD 80 MG to add as the second disc.  I installed and everything, but the system does not show it.  I tried installing and when I try to choose a second drive, when it reboots it says secondary drive 1 invalid.  The poster secondary drive 0 as the CD-ROM Setup program.

  The drive came with no sntructions.  If a jumper PIN must be changed?  The CD is the problem?

  Ed

  
  

• Adding second drive of DVD to H8-1234.

  The H8-1234 has an open slot and a power connector of alternatives for adding a second DVD player.  However, the existing SATA cable has only one connector. HP offers a cable two connector? Can I use a SATA cable two connectors "generic"?  Finally, the H8-1234 will work with a second DVD disc?  Thank you.

  Here are the specifications of your desktop HP Pavilion HPE h8-1234. According to specifications, your system has six (6) SATA connectors on the motherboard. Unlike the IDE/PATA, SATA supports only one device per cable. Install another CD/DVD/BluRay drive will require you to buy another SATA data cable to make it work. And YES, the computer will function normally with a second optical drive installed.

• Adding a second hard drive to a 500-380nf Pavilion?

  I just bought a new 500-380nf Pavilion.

  In the store I did understand the seller I was intending to add second hard drive to a 1 to SATA (which I already loaded with all my media files).

  However, now I am home and have taken the side panel, it seems that the system a capacity for 2 more SATA connections on the motherboard, power cable from spare at least one and a lot of physical space.

  BUT the chassis appears to have been designed with ONLY 2 bays - that are occupied by the existing hard drive and the optical drive.   Am I missing something?   There is a place to mount the second hard drive, isn't there?

  Thanks in advance!

  Hello

  Some models of the HP 500 - xxx series are provsioned for a 2.5 device "(SDD ou HD)."  See the image below.

  

  If you have removed the optical drive you can then use a 5.25 "to two hard drive adapter 2.5"since you mentioned a 2.5 hard drive".

• Chirping noise XPS 8500

  OK, I guess that it is a disk problem, but it could be anything.  My system makes a sound sometimes.  I've not linked iot any specific activity.  Sometimes when I click select in a dialog box, sometimes when I access a partition in Windows Explorer, sometimes, when I don't seem to be actively done anything.

  It is very similar to a baby bird doing a single short trill, crossed with a beep from the computer (the old kind that systems do when starting / days BACK when there weren't so many stakeholders).

  He is not related to the disk activity - I copied large quantities of files, I burned the DVD, I partitioned the drive, with no. or occasional same warning tones.

  I turned off sounds and turned off the speakers - it is not windows, it's the turn of 8500 XPS.

  Looks like it's at the front near the bottom (where the HDD is? maybe).  The system has an SSD of 32 GB installed I've ever been able to access - I think it is configured to be a cache drive in some software Intel preinstalled on the system-= I do not know exactly where (I think under my very large graphics card), but if it's near the front and only accationally wrote in hiding It is possible that things are.

  The HDD also usually light scraping noise as is access to the disk, whenever I have first of all open the windows Explorer, but not for more than a few seconds, so I think it might be normal.  This 2 TB is the largest disc (and first SATA) I've ever owned, so I don't know what's normal quirks are.

  Please help this beep / beep crazy me (well, nuts more than usual).

  Thank you.

  Cynthia

  XPS 8500-2 weeks

  2 TB SATA drive + 32 GB SSD drive

  Windows 7 Edition Home Premium.

  I am happy to say that after 4 days of operation fully windows on the new drive - I have not heard the shrill sounds.  This despite the fact that it is the same drive model with the same revision of the firmware.

  There is a difference.  The old drive, tweet said "Site: SU" said the new, quiet drive ' Site: WU.  As my 10 days are up, I send you the old drive to Dell.  I hope this is the end of this issue.

  Thank you all for your help and your support.

  Cynthia

• Can I add a second hard drive to an ATC-605-UB11?

  I'm about to buy this model and I would like to add a second drive, keep the current hard drive and the optical drive.  Is this possible?  Can I buy additional cables?  The new drive will fit in the chassis, or will I need a mounting hardware?

  Some posts have mentioned black and white SATA connectors.  What is the difference?

  Yes, you can add an extra HDD or SSD.  Two white sata data ports are SATA 3 (6Gbits/s) and the black sata data port is SATA 2 (3 Gbps).

  I would recommend that you purchase an extension to sata power cable:

  http://www.Amazon.com/GP/product/B008ZB50SS?PSC=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00

  And a SATA data cable (you don't need a 90 a degree as I - one straight, one would work better):

  http://www.Amazon.com/GP/product/B00552PGC0/ref=s9_topr_hd_bw_g147_i6?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=...

  4 holes screws for the existing 3.5 inch HDD mounting are obviously designed for a disk 3,5 '' HARD.

  The 4 screw holes for the second disc unit you want to add editing are for one SSD 2.5-inch or 2.5 inch HDD.

  I bought a 2.5 inches for support adapter 3.5 inches because I don't have enough close attention in time to realize that the holes line up perfectly for one SSD 2.5.  If you do not need any kind of support if you add a 2.5 SSD ".  Screw you just good to.

  BX100 MLC SSD Crucial that I bought and recommended even if any 2.5-inch SSD should work fine even if I do not recommend the BX200 TLC Crucial are:

  http://www.Amazon.com/GP/product/B00RQA6TEI?PSC=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o07_s00

  I also bought this one to another computer and use as a boot drive for OS.  Works well when you have a more secondary HARD disk.  The price is right, but it's a little on the slow side from a point of view writing SSD.  Boot times are fast.

  Here is an example of a 2.5 inch HDD (hard drive) that I * guess * lined up with available screw holes:

  http://www.Newegg.com/product/product.aspx?item=9SIA2W02KN0922

  Just keep in mind that the HARD drive that came with it is a 3.5-inch HARD drive.

  Arrows in the photo below represent the locations of the holes 4 screws for the second disc.  (ignore that I have only two screws )

  

  Edit: because the reader of DVD (ODD) is plugged into a SATA 3 white port, you'll want to move it to the available data black SATA port and then use the newly vacant SATA port white for your new SSD or HDD.

• XPS 8500 USB 3.0 Port forward problems

  Ports USB 3.0 on the XPS 8500 give me bad, and from what I can tell, it comes from a physical problem with the port hardware.

  I can acquire and maintain a 3.0 connection when I plug my WD Passport drive or a Rocketfish hub propelled into the ports on the back. Connected to the front, however, I can sometimes 3.0, sometimes only 2.0 and rarely even get no connection at all. Connection I get to the front, if I move to sentence (like touch), the cable or the plug connection can change back from 2.0 to 3.0. Writing on a drive that will prevent mobile 3.0 to the front.

  I noticed that the physical connection of USB plug on the port is more solid at the back than the front. A cable plugged into the rear port 3.0 is able to travel further and the rubber around the contacts of plug of cable on the back of the computer. On the front ports, the connector does not travel in too far, and the rubber of the USB connector is about 1-2 mm of front cover of the computer. A 3.0 cable on the front can move much more than a through the rear hole. I should mention that I have no problem with the USB 2.0 cables or devices in these front ports.

  This isn't a driver problem, it is a problem of the plug 3.0 doesn't not not solid contact in the port. Dell must cease to use the current material in front port and to find a more appropriate part. Then, they can replace all the front ports on the XPS already shipped 8500.

  My problem with USB 3.0 before XPS 8500 ports seems to have been resolved by the new cables. However, my initial assessment of ports before being too loose, making it difficult to get good 3.0 connections still holds upward. To save their customers and themselves from many headaches, Dell needs to find a replacement part for these ports before issues.

  Everything that I had to test this with a WD Passport 3.0 years was HARD and a new Rocketfish powered 3.0 disc hub. Using the cables of original, these devices connected to ports at the back, but not the front. If I held the plug and stuck firmly in a front port, I couldn't sometimes 3.0 connection - although as soon as I let go of the plug I would lose the connection 3.0 and it would immediately reconnect as a 2.0 device.

  I bought a 3.0 a mini-B cable for direct use with the WD drive and a 3.0 extension cable A-male to female for general use. These cables make very positive connections and seem to contribute to compensate ports before release. I can use them in any combination on the front (or back, of course).

  You think that the problem was simply the cables and had nothing to do with the front ports. However, if I plugged the new extension to the front cable, I could then connect the WD drive to that using the original cable that would not connect directly on the front. Which tells me that the strength of the connection of two front port and the original cable was low. Trying to connect these two weaknesses directly was problematic. Solid connectors of the new cable used between two weak points allowed a good connection. This and the fact that the original WD and Rocketfish cables connected to the rear ports 3.0 without problem, points directly to the ports before being part of the problem.

• Remove the hard drive and optical drive on HP pavilion 500-164

  Hello

  I was eager to build a new computer and was hoping to use the hard drive and the optical drive from the Hp Pavilion 500-164 to reduce their costs. I'm confused as to how to remove the optical drive, because I removed the two screws on the left and don't know how to get to the other side as it wouldn't come out. When you remove the hard drive, the SATA cable wouldn't come off, so I stopped here and would like some advice on how to remove the hard drive from its Bay.

  Thank you

  Hello

  Please use the following guide:

  http://support.HP.com/us-en/document/c04100685

  Kind regards.