[VIDEO] M17xR3 Optical Drive SSD Caddy Mod

[DDuB420]

A couple months ago I posted a thread about this mod I was thinking of
http://www.alienowners.com/showthread.php/1718-Alienware-M17xR3-Mod-I-was-thinking-of

Recently I completed the mod successfully and took a bunch of photos with my iPhone 5. Today, I put all the photos together in an editing suite and created a Youtube video. (Note: Im a noob when it comes to video editing. The video is kinda rough and some spots could of used a little more work after viewing it a few times, sorry)
Make sure if you preform this mod, follow the Dell service manual for replacing a M17xR3's Optical Drive and use this video at the same time.
You can find the M17xR3's Service Manual here:
http://www.alienowners.com/showthre...R3-Official-Dell-Service-Manual-**MUST-READ**

[video=youtube;tc5xml2nVwg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tc5xml2nVwg[/video]​

**Note** Any HDD/SSD installed in the Optical Drive SATA connection will have SATA 2 speeds

Overall Im happy with my New Solid State Drive, and I hope this video can help somebody with their install.
My laptop is ninja silent @ bootup

Enjoy

 

[MVLS CROWNZ]

sweet man looks cool, i bet it sounds very quiet. How many other OS's are you running beside the Mac OS X ?

 

[DDuB420]

I was running a quad boot (windows 8/Windows 7/Mac OS X (lion)/Ubuntu) earlier this year.
Now Im just Windows 7 and Mac

 

[Commy1]

Seriously it requires that much stuff just to take out the optical drive...?

 

[MattyB]

It does seem a bit excessive just for that. My old Toshiba took 3 screws from the bottom and presto! Also, why would you need to run 4 operating systems?

 

[DDuB420]

Also, why would you need to run 4 operating systems?

Windows 7 - everyday use / Windows 8 - for testing / Linux - WEP/WPA cracking / Mac - Xcode dev suite

 

[MattyB]

Are you a hacker DDuB???

 

[DDuB420]

Not even close lol