Following my previous post, I finally received the Y510p HDD caddy from Hong Kong yesterday.



Upon opening up the parcel, I immediately knew that the caddy was too thick to fit in the Ultrabay although it was stated on ebay that it's Y510p-compatible. Damned! and I was not about to return it to the seller after waiting for so long.

Y510p optical drive is 9.5mm thick while the HDD caddy is 12.7mm thick

I removed the caddy top cover, trimmed away the back with a pair of scissors, installed a 120G SSD & inserted the whole assembly into the Ultrabay with the top exposed. However, the SSD was not detected by Windows. Damned!



Then I realised that the black plastic locking mechanism of the Y510p optical drive might double-up as a switch in turning on the power supply to the Ultrabay (just a conjecture). I dismantled the locking mechanism from the optical drive and fitted it onto the caddy. This time Windows was able to see the SSD. Uuu...Hhoooo...

Optical Drive with Black Locking Mechanism

Optical Drive with Black Locking Mechanism Removed

Caddy with Locking Mechanism

Oh yes... I made a cut on the side wall of the caddy near the connector & folded a piece of the metal onto the side of the connector to stabilise it and hold it in place. I think it is important to do that as the assembly board is too wiggly without the top cover.



Then came the tricky part of transferring Windows 8x64 to the SSD while preserving the Lenovo 'OneKey Recovery'. I kept the original Windows in the 1Tb HDD hidden just in case.





For those who had tinkered with the partitions, I am quite sure that your OneKey Recovery is not working.

Please refer to this link, Lenovo One Key Recovery (OKR) 8.0 ISO and Download and Setup Guide to get your original lenovo partitions restored. Please always do a full backup of your system.

I found this free partitioning program very handy: AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard 5.2 (PA Standard)

This post has been edited by kkt: Sep 18 2013, 12:14 PM

Y510P ODD Sata port is Sata 3?

nice dude...
sure ur warranty will void right if do this?

so, the compatible caddies for y series are all 9.5 mm or only certain 9.5 mm caddy model?

Not sure but the Windows start-up is lightning fast


I know for certain that my HDD caddy warranty is 'kaput'
I can always replace my optical drive should I need to send the machine to Lenovo service centre.
It's plug & play. Don't think Lenovo cares.


Don't think the 9.5mm HDD caddy is available for now.

I just bought myself a universal caddy AKASA and it worked on my y400 but DVD's cover panel doesn't fit .

erm do you know where to find the caddies for 510p in Malaysia?

try pm HOTSteph, he runs the alieneye shop too. I got one from him for my fren

dude,try to benchmark the speed whether the speed if max or capped

Hi ! Anyone knows where i can get the bay for Y510P Lenovo ? Thank you

@kkt
ssd the way to go!

until something better comes along

Try pm storm88 or Visit TechArmory, they used to carry but not sure still available.