Drive Caddy Not Working

[ronbo613]

I got this high quality drive caddy on eBay and am shocked and stunned to find it does not work in my VAIO VGN-NW228F laptop. I asked if it would work before I bought it. While I wait to hear back from the engineers in China, I thought I'd ask here.

Either the drive caddy is defective, it doesn't work with my particular laptop, or Windows 10 is not seeing it, because, Windows 10. There is a small dip switch on the circuit board of the caddy.

Anybody know what this does? No, not master, slave or cable select either.

 

[Elixer]

I got this high quality drive caddy on eBay and am shocked and stunned to find it does not work in my VAIO VGN-NW228F laptop. I asked if it would work before I bought it. While I wait to hear back from the engineers in China, I thought I'd ask here.

Either the drive caddy is defective, it doesn't work with my particular laptop, or Windows 10 is not seeing it, because, Windows 10. There is a small dip switch on the circuit board of the caddy.

Anybody know what this does? No, not master, slave or cable select either.

No idea about the toggle switch, could be a LED toggle, or who knows.
Does the LED light up when you power it on?

What makes you think you will be talking to the engineers in China?
More likely, you will be talking to the seller, who has no clue, and will offer a refund or exchange or say you broke it or...

 

[corkyg]

That is an earlier model. The current version has a plastic projection in the rear. You simply bought the wrong one. This illustrates the two variants:

These are also called adapters. Google Optical-HDD Adapter for your Vaio model and look for the one with the projection. I get mine from newmodeus.

Anyway, here is their specific caddy for your specific laptop.

http://www.newmodeus.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_39&products_id=409

 

[ronbo613]

No idea about the toggle switch, could be a LED toggle, or who knows.
Does the LED light up when you power it on?

What makes you think you will be talking to the engineers in China?
More likely, you will be talking to the seller, who has no clue, and will offer a refund or exchange or say you broke it or...

Yep, the light comes on but the hardware is not recognized by the Win 10 OS. Chinese engineers? I'm either optimistic or joking, take your pick. I expect the seller to refund my $10, you're right, he probably doesn't know much about hard drive caddies. My eBay rule of "don't spend more than you can afford to lose" applies here. Also works in Las Vegas.

That is an earlier model. The current version has a plastic projection in the rear. You simply bought the wrong one. This illustrates the two variants:

These are also called adapters. Google Optical-HDD Adapter for your Vaio model and look for the one with the projection. I get mine from newmodeus.

Anyway, here is their specific caddy for your specific laptop.

http://www.newmodeus.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_39&products_id=409

Thanks for the info Corky, I'm going to check that out. I did some research, obviously not enough.

 

[corkyg]

BTW - the purpose of that plastic projection is that it engages the eject slide for removing the caddy.

 

[ronbo613]

BTW - the purpose of that plastic projection is that it engages the eject slide for removing the caddy.

I have a mounting bracket in that vicinity. I emailed a couple caddy companies and see what I can find out. I still wonder what that switch is for. I tried it in each of the three positions and nothing happened. Of course the caddy might just be defective.

 

[tweakboy]

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