Can I put SSD in caddy?

If the caddy is going to be swapped extremely frequently with the optical drive, then I would suggest that the SSD be installed in the caddy as it will be less prone to wear and tear. I would hook your SSD up to your SATA interface, as the ODD interface generally has a lot lower bandwidth allocated by the system board.

Does caddy affect SSD speed?

That is , if you put an optical caddy in place of the CD drive and put a 2.5 inch HDD or SSD in it you still get SATA-III transfer speed and it can be bootable. But in even more cases the old rules apply: a 2.5 inch storage disk placed in an optical caddy will run at a lower transfer speed and will not be bootable.

What is SSD caddy for laptop?

This Hard Drive Adapter lets you add a second hard drive to the laptop systems. With a second hard drive, you can quickly store and back up critical data. Support hard disk:2.5 HDD, SATA, SATAII SDD. Works with all laptops that have a 9.5mm SATA optical bay.

Do I need caddy for SSD?

Pretty much all SATA SSDs are the same form factor as laptop hard drives, so no special caddy will be needed. MOST of today’s laptops can support the 2.5″ drive natively.

Can we put HDD in caddy?

Yes put the ssd in the hd bay and the HDD in the caddy (as you say, the optical disk port is most likely Sata2).

Why do caddies have switches?

it’s a switch that, when slid all the way toward the SATA interface, will prevent the diagnostic pin from making a connection with the ground pins. here’s an illustration. depending on the model of your machine, you may need to utilize the switch if you’re having sleep/standby/shutdown issues after caddying your drive.

How do you know if a caddy is working?

If the HDD or SSD is fine, you could check if the HDD Caddy is working properly. If your HDD Caddy is not defective is should be powering on the hard drive inside. Once you turn on the laptop it should let the hard drive spin up. In most cases you can feel the vibration and noise coming of from the laptop.