Anybody know where I could get one of those optional Modular Bay hard drives that fits this laptop?
In BillW50 typed on Fri, 14 Jan 2011 05:00:16 -0600: Okay that went well! ;-) At least does anybody have a part number or a model number for one?
*-* On Sat, 15 Jan 2011, at 14:30:15 -0600, *-* In Article <igt04o$gtj$-september.org>, *-* BillW50 wrote *-* About Re: Gateway Modular Bay Is this what you're looking for? <http://www.skyline-eng.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.display&Product_ID=7031> (or <http://preview.tinyurl.com/4l8pnjs>) If so, that page has model and part numbers. If that's not what you want/need you might contact these people and see if they have it. <http://newmodeus.com/shop/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=2&zenid=0580f384f01a9aefc2c3398d16db28a8> (or <http://preview.tinyurl.com/4a22jha>) Ken Whiton
In Ken Whiton typed on Sun, 16 Jan 2011 02:36:13 -0500: Hi Ken! Much thanks! Although the first link is just a blank that just plugs up the modular bay slot. Although I probably should get one of those someday to add to my collection. ;-) Currently I have three M465e and besides the optical drives that fit into the modular bay, I have a second battery (makes swapping of the main battery easy while the laptop is running) and a floppy drive. Besides the blank, I am only missing the second hard drive modular bay carrier. I saw one once on the Internet for sale and I thought no big rush as I could get one later. Although it seems like they just disappeared from the radar. :-( That second link was quite interesting, but nothing for these Gateways. Although I will contact them to see what they can come up with. ;-)
*-* On Sun, 16 Jan 2011, at 08:33:55 -0600, *-* In Article <iguvkl$46l$-september.org>, *-* BillW50 wrote *-* About Re: Gateway Modular Bay I thought it was something like that, but I decided to give you the link anyway. After all, you know more about these modular bays than I do. ;-) Most of the links returned by my Google search were battery-related, but since they didn't appear relevant to your quest I didn't follow them. That link came from a forum discussion that my Google search turned up. In case there might be something else you could use in that discussion, it's here: <http://www.notebookforums.com/thread227812.html>. Here's my Google search results page: <http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=Gateway+"Modular+Bay"&aq=f&aqi=g-v1&aql=&oq=> (or <http://preview.tinyurl.com/6c9yt25>), in case there's something else there that you can use. Ken Whiton
In Ken Whiton typed on Mon, 17 Jan 2011 04:35:37 -0500: Thanks Ken! That looks a lot like something they modified to work in the modular bay slot. And I got email late last night from the newmodeus people. And they said they haven't seen a Gateway M465 modular bay yet and wants some pictures. And they said I might need to use some parts from one of my optical drives (optical drives are easy to find on eBay for $20-$25) to make it work with what they have. Both the optical and the floppy drives use the standard slimline CD/DVD connector. I assume the hard drive modular bay uses the same one. The only other connector inside of the bay is a heavy 5 pin connector. And the only thing I know that uses that connector is the second battery.