Drive Bay Caddy doesnt fit in mid-2010 MacBook Pro

[David2144]

So today I got my drive caddy in the mail and I was expecting the installation to go smoothly. I have a 13inch mid-2010 Macbook Pro and the drive caddy doesn't fit because of a black plastic piece against the side of the laptop's case that seems to be an antenna (has a wire connected to it). I'm unable to properly close the bottom case because the caddy doesn't fit properly.

This is the drive caddy that I purchased:

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170675666034&ssPageName=ADME:L:OU:CA:1123

I know it says that it's for the 2011 models but my model is listed on the list of compatible models on the page.

Am I doing something wrong or is it just the product? Thank you in advance.

 

[altecXP]

So today I got my drive caddy in the mail and I was expecting the installation to go smoothly. I have a 13inch mid-2010 Macbook Pro and the drive caddy doesn't fit because of a black plastic piece against the side of the laptop's case that seems to be an antenna (has a wire connected to it). I'm unable to properly close the bottom case because the caddy doesn't fit properly.

This is the drive caddy that I purchased:

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170675666034&ssPageName=ADME:L:OU:CA:1123

I know it says that it's for the 2011 models but my model is listed on the list of compatible models on the page.

Am I doing something wrong or is it just the product? Thank you in advance.

2010 and 2011 are the same so it should fit I had an OWC cadd in a 2010 15in pro, 2010 13in Pro and 2011 15in Pro. My guess is the part is wrong. Or you are missing something.

 

[David2144]

Right Speaker

This is the part that isn't allowing the caddy to rest properly inside the laptop:

 

[David2144]

anyone?

 

[bb426]

Is the optical drive you're replacing the same size as the caddy?

I ordered the same one from Amazon and people said they needed to cut a part of the caddy off to fit it in a Macbook pro. I however, never needed to do anything because it fit right in the place of the optical drive. Just slipped right in.

I own a 15 inch 2011 MBP.

Looking at the photo, I don't recall that black thing being in my MBP. Weird.

 

[2hvy4grvty]

I just tore the black plastic off. It's connected by two plastic holders. I just pulled the entire strip out, cut off the two plastic things with a razor, then filed it flush. Fits just fine.

 

[wiregen]

That looks like the same caddy as mine. Is it protruding slightly? I have a 2011 15" MBP and my caddy looks exactly like that. But, mine sits flush like a CD-Rom Drive

 

[maverick34]

I just tore the black plastic off. It's connected by two plastic holders. I just pulled the entire strip out, cut off the two plastic things with a razor, then filed it flush. Fits just fine.

This looks like the same caddy as mine. I also had to rip off the black plastic strip and then it sat correctly.

Good luck

 

[David2144]

Speaker

But isn't that black plastic strip the right-side speaker?

 

[hekokimushi]

how come that black plastic strip of yours on the MBP seems to be in the way for the CD/DVD eject slot??

picture isn't clear.