W510 with hdd caddy 0A65623

Hello,
I have a Lenovo w150 and I am looking for a hdd caddy to insert my hdd into the optical drive slot. (In order to replace the standard hdd with an ssd).
So I seached the internet and found a few posts on the original 43N3412 caddy. People say that it does not fit correclty into the notebook, leaving a 3mm wide slot. So I kept on searching and found the new 0A65623 caddy, which is officially dedicated to the w520 upwards.
My question is whether the 0A65623 fits into the w510 case?
Thanks a lot for your help,
bright1

Hello bright1,
Here is a link to a bay adapter available by Lenovo:
http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/product-and-parts/detail.page?&LegacyDocID=MIGR-73170
As you can see this is the adaptor you would need to place a hard drive in the optical bay of the computer.
There are several different hard drives listed at the bottom of the page on the link that are compatible with the adapter.
This will be your best choice so there is no "wiggle room" for your hard drive.
Unfortunately the caddy you found for the W520 and up is not compatible with your W510. This is due to the bay dimensions. Your w510 has room for a 9.5mm drive when the w520 has a 12.5mm drive.
The optical drive is an ultrabay drive, this is just its design. This is why you would need an ultrabay adapter rather than just a caddy.
I hope this helps,
Alex
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