T420 Optical Drive and SSD questions

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GeneL · #1 Post by **GeneL** » Wed Jul 28, 2021 3:49 pm

I need the plastic rails for my T420. I believe I have the smaller formfactor drive. I've looked on Ebay, (Any other sources?) and it's a little confusing. Also, I would like a reliable vendor used by someone here.

My optical drive doesn't lock into place, it will fall out. Looking at the bottom of the case, there is a rectangular hole that is labeled Lock and unlock, it looks like there should be something there. if I remove the drive, the hole is open. Am I missing something?

kfzhu1229 · #2 Post by **kfzhu1229** » Wed Jul 28, 2021 4:08 pm

I believe that would be a latch over there that is supposed to be resting in the lock position by a spring, and you push it to unlock when you wanna pull out the drive.
If that latch is missing, you might wanna see if you can use a retaining screw to lock in the optical drive instead.
If you got a mSATA SSD, you can just plug that in under the keyboard and then still keep the mechanical spinning HDD.

#3 Post by **RealBlackStuff** » Thu Jul 29, 2021 12:36 am

Check this out:
T420 Ultrabay CD-Slider Lock re-invented!

WarMachine · #4 Post by **WarMachine** » Wed Aug 04, 2021 5:17 am

kfzhu1229 wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 28, 2021 4:08 pm
If that latch is missing, you might wanna see if you can use a retaining screw to lock in the optical drive instead.

Hello,

Here's a pic which shows where you can put a screw to secure your optical disk drive :
Click me !

And for the mSATA SSD, it can be installed just right next to the RAM slot, under the laptop :
Click me too ! I don't bite !

W.