Can I add a second drive to a dv7t-7000 quad edition?

[emorejnavel]

The HP parts store said on one drive was supported but the configuration options showed

several configuration with two disks.

I had hoped I could add a caddy and power/bus connector from the parts store.

I only configured the machine with one drive and want to add a second drive ( from my dead dv7 3085 dx ).

The machine is supposed to arrive June 18

Thanks for any insights...

Jerry

[pepe999]

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emorejnavel wrote:

The HP parts store said on one drive was supported but the configuration options showed

several configuration with two disks.

I had hoped I could add a caddy and power/bus connector from the parts store.

I only configured the machine with one drive and want to add a second drive ( from my dead dv7 3085 dx ).

The machine is supposed to arrive June 18

Thanks for any insights...

Jerry

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Hi,

I believe that you can add a secondary hard drive to the laptop. Have a look at the service guide for the right caddy part number..

[emorejnavel]

Oh well the rascal will arrive Monday , I will open it up and take a peek... The newmode us.com folks said that their cables don't work with The dv7t 7000 quad edition... Jerry

[emorejnavel]

There does not appear to be a guide for the dvt-7000. There is a
guide for the dv-7000 but the pictures clearly do not match where
the support screws would need to go...

There is a second drive bay in the dvt-7000 but no caddy...

Jerry

[emorejnavel · Accepted solution]

The answer is a qualified yes...

The appropriate kit for the dv7t-7000 is '681976-001'.  This kit comes with the

caddy and a long and short bus/power cable. It also has screws to attach

the disk drive to the caddy.

It also contains 2 M2.5xL4 screws which will attach the primary drive caddy to the

computer frame, but there are no screws for attaching the second drive caddy to

the frame.

the recommended screws are M 2.5 x 9L.

I picked up two M 2.5 x 8L screws at ACE hardware that work fine,

Jerry