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02-05-2022 07:19 AM
Let me try to redirect you. Put the existing mechanical hard drive into the caddy and put the SSD directly into the main 2.5 inch bay. A SATA SSD or HDD in an optical caddy is severely crippled in performance. The speed of an SSD is wasted in such a device and, since they are not usually an official replacement part, the quality control in their manufacture is spotty at best and they are shall we say, somewhat unreliable.
Get a 2.5 inch SATA SSD like this:
Your laptop has no M.2 slot for the newer "gumstick" type SSDs as you likely already know. Post back if you need any more help.
02-05-2022 10:14 AM
Hi,
Some laptops have the CD/DVD-ROM on a different(slower) SATA controller. As it was said above you'd waste the SSD in the caddy and the connection is not exactly reliable(personal experience on two different laptops).
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