Ultrabay Slim SATA HDD Adapter

Ultrabay Slim SATA HDD Adapter This is an adapter that slides into an Ultrabay Slim. Features One SATA slot for a 2.5-inch, 7 or 9.5-millimeter HDD/SSD/SSHD Marvell 88SA8040-TBC (SATA-to-PATA bridge controller) Weight: 105 grams or 0.23 pounds Resources User's guide (4.59 MB) FOOTNOTES [Δ] This HDD adapter requires a caddy tray/bracket to be screwed onto the 2.5-inch storage drive, however if that is not possible, the screws can be used instead of the caddy tray/bracket. This model is unsupported, but the adapter will fit-in and function as it has a compatible connector to accept the adapter. The main problem would be the removal of the adapter, as these models lack any sort of ejection mechanism to conveniently remove the adapter.

Overview

The adapter has a black plastic grommet located at the back that restricts its use to the x6x series ThinkPads. Some have successfully removed this grommet with a pair of channel lock pliers, or sliced it off with a Dremel in which after it will fit into older ThinkPads like the T40 series. This works because the adapter has a matching connector that fits into the Ultrabay Slim in the T40 series ThinkPads.

If this modification is applied, the adapter will be then capable of being used in a T40, T40p, T41, T41p, T42, T42p, T43, T43p, R50, R50e, R50p, R51, R51e, R52, G41, and in a G50.

Part numbers

Branded as the ThinkPad Serial ATA Hard Drive Bay Adapter

• 40Y8725, 26R9247, 26R9246

Linux support

If connected at boot time, the drive is normally /dev/sdb.

Models supporting this accessory

• T60, T60p, T61, T61p
• R60, R60i, R60e², R61, R61i, R61e²
• Z60t, Z61t, Z60m, Z61e², Z61m, Z61p
• ThinkPad X6 UltraBase, ThinkPad X6 Tablet UltraBase
• ThinkPad Advanced Dock