I just got a lenovo y480. I haven't had a use for a dvd drive for years as I'm coming off a m11x with no optical drive.
I'm just wondering what y480 hdd caddy adapter/dock I need for the SSD, is this one compatible with the y480?
If not, what's the right one, and if its available from a US seller, that would be good. The SSD I got was a ocz agility 3 60gb for $40 new
my HD is a ocz agility 3, 60gb
after taking off the back panel and then removing the dvd drive, the bezel did not want to move at all. it took a good 10 minutes to get the **bleep** thing off, and the right clip broke. so it got attached via zapagap super glue, meh
lenovo y500 hdd caddy adapter
on to the HD, well getting it into the caddy was hell. you have to attack the 4 provided screws so itll lock into place, well one screw did not want to go in. i left that one out, too much hassle as i struggled on getting the hd into the caddy for a good 15 min. Lenovo T420 hdd caddy adapter
and then now for the worst part, the screws to get the little clip back onto the caddy
the screw holes on the **bleep** caddy where not the right size. i had to use a small drill to enlarge it, so the lenovo screws could fit in.
all the issues i had, were purely on the plastic end
then i put the drive in, and booted from my windows 7 usb
i formatted the old lenovo C: (leaving the lenovo D with backup files), and the SSD, but didnt allocate the old HD's space (did that in windows Lenovo Ideapad Z570 HDD Caddy)
installed windows to the new SSD, that became C drive, but then my lenovo D became my SSD's D:
changed that drive letter, then formatted the empty space (that was the lenovo C: ) and that became my data drive
did the clean install of all the drivers, and its all done
pretty much, dont buy that caddy, it's crap. find something else, that thing was like a Dell Precision M6700 dvd writer knock off
as for windows experience, its 6.7 as its saying the limiting thing is the intel 3000 (any idea how to run that with the nvidia gpu?)
hd transfer rate score is 7.7, not bad at all.
PROS:
- Incredible Power (If doing video, do yourself a favor and bump up the 2000m, you'll grin ear-to-ear later)
- Battery length is just amazing. I never expected a laptop this powerful ever lasting this long. If just browsing the web or typing a document I could expect 5-8 hours depending on screen brightness. Heavy-loads would be a different story, though still exceeding industry standards IMO.
- ThinkLight, at first I thought a non-backlit keyboard to be a bust - however, the included ThinkLight illuminates the keyboard perfectly and also allows for enough ambient light to read any paper documents you may have beside the laptop. This is a much better option for people who are actually working.
- Keyboard is the best I've ever used!
- Matte screen is superb.