Issues with 2tb drive not showing up in odd caddy.

[Lunas]

I have a lenovo z51-70 and i can not get the new 2tb drive i just got to show up while it is connected through my ODD caddy. My 1tb sshd shows up fine but the 2tb wont...

 

[Farva]

Did you assign it a drive letter yet?

 

[Lunas]

Did you assign it a drive letter yet?

doesnt show up in bios or windows...

 

[Dreamerbydesign]

Does it work in another computer?

 

[Lunas]

it works in a usb caddy i have... same pc same fresh windows install.

this is the drive
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B01C4W2P18/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

and before anyone says anything seagate is the only manufacture who has a 2tb drive out right now since they bought samsung out...

 

[Farva]

How are you connecting it? Via USB? If so, have you tried a different USB port? Is the USB port on in the BIOS?

 

[Lunas]

The method that works is usb the way that does not is the optical sata tray.

 

[Farva]

The method that works is usb the way that does not is the optical sata tray.

I've never had a laptop that supported 2 drives, so I'm not sure...

 

[Ocellaris]

Looks like you are screwed, some people can't even get 1TB drives recognized:

Z51-70 - Problem with drives larger than 120gb in ... - Lenovo Community

There are other threads of people bitching about the same thing on those forums as well. The BIOS and caddy doesn't support large drives.

 

[westrock2000]

Looks like you are screwed, some people can't even get 1TB drives recognized:

Z51-70 - Problem with drives larger than 120gb in ... - Lenovo Community

There are other threads of people bitching about the same thing on those forums as well. The BIOS and caddy doesn't support large drives.

I was also thinking if there was a built-in hard limit for that port. Engineers thinking, "ok there will definitely never be a 1TB+ optical media in the lifespan of this device".

 

[Lunas]

I was also thinking if there was a built-in hard limit for that port. Engineers thinking, "ok there will definitely never be a 1TB+ optical media in the lifespan of this device".

Life span of the device was about 4-5 months came out june 2015 eol December 2015. From day 1 I had issues with drivers on this thing... now typical lenovo bullshit probably has a white list on the odd interface. Drives on the list are the only ones that work. The 1tb I have working is the one it came with.

next laptop i get msi or sager im done with lenovo...