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    Advanced dock and Ultrabay

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by dkosta, May 9, 2009.

  1. dkosta

    dkosta Newbie

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    Hi,

    I have a T500.

    Can someone tell me if my DVD-RW drive and/or my Serial ATA HDD will work in the ultrabay in the Advanced Dock???

    Thank you
     
    dkosta, May 9, 2009
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  2. godbreath

    godbreath Notebook Consultant

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    the dvd-rw from your t500 should fit in the advanced dock
    your sata hdd will need a cage for it to fit like this one
     
    godbreath, May 9, 2009
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  3. zillal

    zillal Notebook Consultant

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    No the advanced dock takes the old Ultrabay adapters of the T61. So the T500 DVD will not work in the Advanced dock and a SATA hard disk will only work in a T61 Ultrabay adapter but that adapter will then not fit into the T500 Ultrabay.

    The exception is the T500 Ultrabay second battery that was designed in such a way that it will fit both the T61 and the T500 Ultrabays.

    We have been waiting for Lenovo to announce a new advanced dock for the T500 but it's very quiet on that subject.
     
    zillal, May 9, 2009
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