in Lenovo P, Y and Z series Laptops https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Lenovo-P-Y-and-Z-series-Laptops/Lenovo-Y580-SSD-Caddy-questions/m-p/980835 Lenovo P, Y and Z series Laptops topics Tue, 08 Jan 2013 12:15:09 +0000 ll04_en <![CDATA[ ]]> https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1396/980835/980835 Hello everyone, I'm getting my first Laptop after many years of being a Desktop user and I have some question on how to do things here.

First I'm getting a Lenovo Y580, model #59359513, which only comes with a 1TB 5400 rpm hard drive, there is no msata SSD but I believe I have the option to ]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 12:15:09 +0000 https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1396/980835/980835 MadeInBrazil <![CDATA[ Re: Lenovo Y580 + SSD + Caddy, questions. ]]> https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1396/980835/981013 1. SSD has SATA interface connector like your HD; so replace and install OS.  No adapter needed.

2. Caddy is needed if you want to use optical drive space as space to hold the SSD/HD inside laptop.  -- I'm understanding your getting a hard drive caddy is to have it as external enclosure, ri ]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 15:03:16 +0000 https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1396/980835/981013 sphix <![CDATA[ Re: Lenovo Y580 + SSD + Caddy, questions. ]]> https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1396/980835/981019 1. as far as full size sata drives go, its pretty much pop the old one out, pop the new one in. The sata interface is the same. Some ultrabooks require a 7mm tall SSD but I don't think you need to worry about it on the y580. Any notebook drive should fit.

 

2. Yes, your boot drive sho ]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 15:07:18 +0000 https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1396/980835/981019 Tmsmith616 <![CDATA[ Re: Lenovo Y580 + SSD + Caddy, questions. ]]> https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1396/980835/981193 http://www.ebay.com/itm/for-Lenovo-IdeaPad-Y430 ]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 17:27:00 +0000 https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1396/980835/981193 MadeInBrazil <![CDATA[ Re: Lenovo Y580 + SSD + Caddy, questions. ]]> https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1396/980835/981249 Bios key is simply read off of your bios. Its a hassle free system. Windows 8 installer will automatically read your bios key and will never ask you for it. This is why your windows 8 sticker under your laptop has no key on it. You don't need to know it for any reason at all. To upgrade to a wind ]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 17:59:52 +0000 https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1396/980835/981249 Tmsmith616 <![CDATA[ Re: Lenovo Y580 + SSD + Caddy, questions. ]]> https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1396/980835/1040707 Sat, 23 Feb 2013 19:24:56 +0000 https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1396/980835/1040707 andyP <![CDATA[ Re: Lenovo Y580 + SSD + Caddy, questions. ]]> https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1396/980835/1307197 How it went "MadeInBrazil"?
Did the caddy work well?
What conf did you choose finally? (HDD+SSD | SSD + OpticalDrv) ]]>
Sat, 09 Nov 2013 10:56:20 +0000 https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1396/980835/1307197 y580usersp
<![CDATA[ Re: Lenovo Y580 + SSD + Caddy, questions. ]]> https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1396/980835/1354471 Thank you for your (no) answer.

 

I eventually bought one caddy and installed a new SSD and put the old/original HDD on that

It works fine

I can boot both from

Following the final configuration:

 

 500GB SSD at SATA3 6gb/s port 

and

 1TB HDD a ]]> Sat, 14 Dec 2013 18:27:42 +0000 https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1396/980835/1354471 y580usersp <![CDATA[ Re: Lenovo Y580 + SSD + Caddy, questions. ]]> https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1396/980835/1599986 Fri, 13 Jun 2014 12:34:40 +0000 https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1396/980835/1599986 Luigioottoo