Thanks all who answered my questions here. I bought it. Should there be a dust cap for the drive side. There is only threaded 1 on non-drive side.
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No, Hollowtech cranks are open on the drive side. That little plastic dust cap is actually designed to help pull the crank into place before you torque the arm down. It is outlined in the manual that came with it.
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Ok did you know if the hard drive is working, for example rotating, can you hear it or feel any vibration or click inside?? Or you tried to put another hard drive inside the same enclosure?? let me know to help you
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nope, your drive should be fine. These used to be shown as being OEM (NOT Retail packaging) shipped drives, but I don't see that now. So, if you were expecting a retail box, then return it; otherwise there are no differences.
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I would recommend removing the old one. Though it's never happened to me, I've heard stories of extra weight/thickness causing problems with the disc drive.
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Maybe it is luck of the draw. I ordered directly from Amazon and received the bad cardboard packaging. I have not got around to installing the drive yet(hopefully this weekend), so do not know if there will be issues.
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There do appear to be any visible fasteners on the drive modules. Probably assembled with some of the new adhesive tapes, etc.
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Its just a power run. If your psu has enough wattage it'll be fine. Look at the 4 pin power connectors....they're all pigtailed (runs). Explorer sees drives depending on sata/ide...has nothing to do with power connections.
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All ide hard drives ive known have been pins on the drive side and just doing a google for photos I found this quickly http://www.microcenter.com/understand_tech/article/harddrive_install.html showing drives I know. If yours is the female socket at the drive side this one wont work. I think ive seen other adapters thatd work but id have to search for it. Ive just always seen the male pins on the drives themselves. Sorry not much help.
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Please note that this particular laptop model is old now. MSI offers newer versions, but I don't know about the new laptops' capabilities of having hard drive additions or replacements. Most laptops including this one don't work that way. There is a connector in the drive bay (actually a depression) that the sata connector on the hard disk directly connects to. Mine shipped with the second drive caddy, or holder, in place in that depression. Other laptops have a connector on the caddy, or drive holding frame, that the hard drive directly connects to. Then the caddy plugs into the sata connector on the bay or depression. With many there are one or more screws to keep the drive from disconnecting.
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The cap is supposed to act like a seperator of sorts , first make sure the system has zero PSI , or maybe some thing is wrong with the cap ,opening to small or large. Call distributor they have parts and answers
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Hello Rick. I think you don't have problem becuase I installed the caps and I hadn't got any problem. Hope my answer help you. Best regards, Germán
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Driver's side (left) on 99 RX300. I did not change both sides. Just the left side. We'll see how it goes.
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System , somewhere in the case , probably where air isnt directly hitting it . CPU , on/near heatsink (dont let it get too near the fan .HDD - ?????????? I just have this one in my system as well ...
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There are no moving parts in this SSD. So.. source of humming isn't the SSD. Check for stuff that you removed & remounted in the process of installing this SSD. It may be that something isn't screwed down as tightly as it was prior. And in case anyone was wondering if it could be electrical hum... I doubt it. This is a 5VDC device.... too low a voltage to cause any hum (& besides... it's DC only).
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My machine does the same thing on the left wheel. It's due to the screw becoming loose. If you tighten it up..the noise will go away. If it returns, it'd more than likely a stripped screw. I am currently in the process of trying to repair mines :(
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This has been answered (although evidently the designs keep changing slightly), but the next issue you will find is putting it back together. If you have a 12.5 mm drive, it's a challenge such that I gave up and just taped it together with electrical tape rather than trying to get the tiny screws back in place. tape works beautifully.
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My hard drive was not packed well. Air bag underneath and on top but no sides so the packing had slipped to the side of it and the hard drive was touching bare box. I was very concerned when I opened the box but the drive appears to be ok.