MSI GX740 Second HDD now Possible

Hi Guys,

I have ordered one of these from a place here in OZ, will tell you the full model and everything when i get it, but it will fit in the ODD bay of the GX740 making it possible to have 2 internal HDD's

In my case 1 x 128GB SATA SSD and 1 x 1TB SATA HDD
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But im sure there are other distributors out there that can get these.

Pics and testing to follow....

 

I've been using an optical bay HDD caddy for a long time, first in my MS-1722 (GX720), then in my MS-1727 (GX740). It works well and I don't use the optical drive that much anyway...

 

Yay!! i didnt think i was the only one, and your right ive found that i dont even use DVD'd in the unit even to install OS's anymore. If i need to burn i have another external for that .... somewhere

 

Where can i get one cheap, I'm in Canada. For fack sakes it's a piece of plastice!

 

Optical Bay Hard Drive Caddy (OBHD-SATA), Silver bezel, 12.7mm [OBHD-SATA] - $42.00 : NewmodeUS, Hard Drive Caddys for Notebooks

what height does the 740 1727 have?

 

12.7
I bought my OBHD caddy from newmodeus, the one with universal bezel (you can basically swap it).

 

Where can I find manual how to remove dvd form GX740? I thought it's simple, but I didn't find how.

 

You might find it here:
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Thanks a lot!

 

Is the 725 also dual drive capable then?

 

Yes. All You need is an Optical Bay Hard Drive caddy and a second HDD .

 

Ordered this bad boy just now eBay - New & used electronics, cars, apparel, collectibles, sporting goods & more at low prices

 

Just bought this a month ago in Europe (live in Denmark), and want to add an SSD, but dont wanna sacrifice the storage space. This would be awesome for me! Looking forward to your follow up on this.

Also, I am trying to find out which screw to detach, in order to slide out the ODD. Can anyone help? Link did not work (not in my region at least)

Is performance the same in standard hdd bay and secondary caddy?

 

To slide out the ODD, You need to detach this screw:



Performance is the same in main HDD bay and in OBHD.

 

i will be posting a few more pics and a guide for this and a few video guides on modding this unit, in the next week or so

 

Can get a Fenvi branded 12.7mm ebay caddy which allows you to swap over the optical drive's faceplate for a perfect appearance. See example.

 

Thx. Did not want to mess too much around with the screws

I will be looking forward to getting one of these badboys! Just found one one german ebay - bye bye taxes.

 

Good stuff, I got HDTune reads for my new Seagate 500 Hybred drive on my Ghetto link http://forum.notebookreview.com/msi...7-total-ghetto-buget-build-attempt-cnd-6.html

 

Hey, if I order this 2nd SATA Hard Drive Bay Caddy For HP/Acer/BenQ Laptop - eBay (item 150474162530 end time Oct-28-10 17:58:32 PDT)

Would I just pop an HDD into there? Doesn't need any external cabling does it?

 

nope,



I also got mine, tough fit for my 880Seagate, but after some hacking (with a knife and capet cutter) I'm good to go. I didn't have to hack it, I just thought it was stuck. I wasn't really, live a learn.

 

Hmm so wait it doesn't fit all 2.5 hard drives? Or is your 880Seagate a special size?

 

anyone have an update?

 

Yeah its a little bigger than normal, so if I got this to fit, anything will, PS... I had to carve out the bottom of the bay for may Seagate to fit.

I don't see you having any issues at all.

 

Yeah its a little bigger than normal, so if I got this to fit, anything will, PS... I had to carve out the bottom of the bay for may Seagate to fit.

I don't see you having any issues at all.
http://forum.notebookreview.com/har...b-2-5-12-5mm-benchmark-tests.html#post6251596

 

Yeah its a little bigger than normal, so if I got this to fit, anything will, PS... I had to carve out the bottom of the bay for may Seagate to fit.

I don't see you having any issues at all.
http://forum.notebookreview.com/har...b-2-5-12-5mm-benchmark-tests.html#post6251596

 

Yeah its a little bigger than normal, so if I got this to fit, anything will, PS... I had to carve out the bottom of the bay for may Seagate to fit.

I don't see you having any issues at all.

http://forum.notebookreview.com/har...b-2-5-12-5mm-benchmark-tests.html#post6251596

 

Yeah its a little bigger than normal, so if I got this to fit, anything will, PS... I had to carve out the bottom of the bay for may Seagate to fit.

I don't see you having any issues at all.

http://forum.notebookreview.com/har...b-2-5-12-5mm-benchmark-tests.html#post6251596

 

wow connection error or what!

 

Pentuple post.

Nice!

 

Does anyone know which of the caddies posted above will work with a 9.5mm drive? I have a WD Scorpio Black I'd like to use.

 

The one Ghola posted from Ebay.

 

9.5mm is a standard height for a 2.5" HDDs. Any caddy should work.

 

all! of them

 

Okay I've installed it... But had some problems.

First of all the screws that tied the little piece at the end of the DVD drive (where the black screw goes into) did not work on the OBHD, so now it's only connected by the SATA connection.

Also, when I tried to take the drive it out seemed to be stuck on something...

 

All of them will work with a 9.5mm drive.