MBP Mod - Swapping Optical for Second Hard Drive

[groove-agent]

Hey all,

I was just looking at the Axiotron Modbooks and noticed they had an option to swap the optical drive out for a second hard drive. I suspect that this is possible with the MBPs. Has anyone looked at this or heard of it being done? I can't imagine it being hard, the two obstacles would be 1) mounting the hard drive inside the cavity and 2) finding the right SATA cable to fit.

Thanks.

 

[RKpro]

search, there are a few good recent threads about this

 

[Schtumple]

http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en-gb&q=2nd+hard+drive+macbook+pro&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

Probably took me far less time to type that out into google than it did for you to type your post...

 

[groove-agent]

Thanks guys, that's awesome. I'm definitely going for one of those. I didn't honestly think there would be anything out there so I didn't search. I was wrong.

 

[Guy Mancuso]

I went with Maxupgrades unit for my 15 inch. Works very nicely

http://www.maxupgrades.com/istore/i...&product_id=186&CFID=2069892&CFTOKEN=31316346

 

[groove-agent]

I went with Maxupgrades unit for my 15 inch. Works very nicely

http://www.maxupgrades.com/istore/i...&product_id=186&CFID=2069892&CFTOKEN=31316346

Unfortunately that one is for unibody MBPs. I was hoping to get one for the last gen non-unibodies 15".

I did find one from MCE Technologies called the MCE optibay. However, when you click "to be installed into" it only lists the first generation MBP or the white/black MB. So, I"m not sure if it will work for me.

I just read something interesting however. I get the impression that the unibodies were the first to incorporate SATA optical drives. This means that if I want to get a fast SATA drive to replace my optical drive in my MBP I need to get a unibody - but this raises some questions regarding warranty.

 

[Guy Mancuso]

Actually that is correct this is the first Mac laptop( unibody) with Sata connection for the optical bay. I read that also somewhere as well. I'm just not sure what you can use for the older systems. I think they are IDE connections in the optical but don't quote me

 

[alphaod]

Actually that is correct this is the first Mac laptop( unibody) with Sata connection for the optical bay. I read that also somewhere as well. I'm just not sure what you can use for the older systems. I think they are IDE connections in the optical but don't quote me

They have the OptiBay for the older computers as well.

 

[chstr]

Unfortunately that one is for unibody MBPs. I was hoping to get one for the last gen non-unibodies 15".

I did find one from MCE Technologies called the MCE optibay. However, when you click "to be installed into" it only lists the first generation MBP or the white/black MB. So, I"m not sure if it will work for me.

I just read something interesting however. I get the impression that the unibodies were the first to incorporate SATA optical drives. This means that if I want to get a fast SATA drive to replace my optical drive in my MBP I need to get a unibody - but this raises some questions regarding warranty.

mce does have an option for last gen mbp's

http://store.mcetech.com/Merchant2/...5&Category_Code=STORHDOPTIBAY&Product_Count=2

 

[groove-agent]

mce does have an option for last gen mbp's

http://store.mcetech.com/Merchant2/...5&Category_Code=STORHDOPTIBAY&Product_Count=2

I guess when they say "Install into..." "1st Generation Macbook Pro" they're referring to the non-unibody one? The 1st gen MBP i thought would be the first MBP that came with Intel Core (non- 2) Duo with only the single layer super drive.