Is it possible to unscrew the faceplate so I can swap it with my current optical drive's?
1995976
Yes. I did this with mine. The faceplate just snaps on with a few tabs which I believe are standard across drives. Eject yours and take a look (you may have to flip the computer over to see them)
1995977
The faceplate is not screwed on it only snaps into place this is what I did, in order for the bay to cosmetically look better.
1995978
plate is actually held on by clips, not screws. This is pretty standard however the clips on this particular drive are not great.
1995979
Just unsnap your existing one and unsnap this one, swap and you're all set.
337443
No, theres a video on OWC site that shows you how to do it...You gotta bend the SATA cable the other way basically...
1917439
I put a desktop sized optical drive in mine. I dont believe the package had a blank plate for the front. While a hard drive may fit screwed to one side I dont think that would work out very well. I found an Antec case for an external Sata hard drive. The packaging is long gone so I cant give you the part number and the case dose not have it. Good luck with your shopping.
1868048
There are much easier ways to move your data than removing the optical drive and installing a second internal - which you would also need. I would hire a competent person to do the data migration for you. "Buy a sled" isn't really the solution.
1407332
If you don't need an optical drive, you'll be able to put in an ssd and hdd, with the appropriate adapter to put one of them where the optical drive normally goes. Having said that, I will mention that I was not particularly pleased with the quality of this case, or lack thereof, and design of this case. I found, for example, that there was no way to avoid having the processor cooling fins on an Intel DM-510 motherboard pushing on the SATA cable for the HDD. I replace the case with a Lian-Li PC-Q07, a better design and better build quality, in my opinion.
1955667
The card in the "ultrabay" can be switched out for another HDD/SSD, DVD/Blu-ray drive, or another cooling fan. I'm not quite sure about what you mean by the first question though.
1057871
It has four plastic pins at the bottom covering screws. I have not opened myself but my sense is that you can remove pins, open the enclosure and replace the disk.
1000723
Yes that is possible. The harddisk is accessable and replaceable. If you want you can also add it to the machine. However there is no mounting bracket for it. So you would have to get creative. But there are enough sata ports.
243335
Yes but u may have to remove the hard drive rack and store it under your optical drive can't recall but I think that card is pretty long. Also the top bay kinda useless due to USB 3.0 cords block anything from getting in it.
307990
Yes, you must change. In addition you have to change all connected IDE-ATA devices to SATA connection and remove the floppy drive.
175046
It just slides in and you use old screws from old driver. I believe this one has a face plate. All I did was unscrew the screw on the bottom unplug cable slide out old drive. And slide new drive in plugged cable in and replaced the screw. And bam done
206274
Alas, no. Like many modern hard drives, certain unique drive parameters are kept in the firmware ROM on the controller board, so swapping firmware will not work. There is a company that advertises they can do a firmware copy--you send them your dead controller board, they copy the firmware onto a new controller board and send it back. It's spendy and if the problem isn't the controller (or if the firmware on the controller is damaged) it won't work. You can reach them at http://www.hdd-parts.com/
402310
The face place comes off and the drives can be changed. As far as increasing the capacity, I believe you can but I'm not positive
1434305
Should work fine, use the adapter from the drive you are replacing if possible.
1041672
you can remove the dvd drive and put a hdd caddy. I did it without problem.
1342114
Yes. Should you so choose, you can have the optical drive replaced with an SSD and run your system from the SSD. So much faster!
1894151
I believe that model only has two sata ports so you would have to remove your optical drive from the motherboard for this cable to work