Universal 9.5mm SATA 2nd SSD HDD Hard Drive Optical Bay Caddy Frame Tray for Dell Inspiron 15 3521 3537 3541 3542 3543 3552 3567 15 5558 5559

No longer needing a DVD\RW, I decided to replace it with an additional storage drive. The NIGUDEYANG drive caddy was a perfect fit! The SSD drive was easy to position in the drive. The provided screw driver was inexpensive, but more than adequate to tighten the screws which secure the drive in the caddy.The caddy comes with a generic face plate which will work. I chose to remove the face from the existing drive and replace the generic faceplate caddy as it provides a seamless appearance. The new caddy/drive were recognized by the computer after one reboot, and work perfectly. Overall, this caddy is an excellent value for the money.

I believe this is a 9.5mm deep caddy and it worked well for securing the 1TB Samsung EVO 960 Solid State Drive (SSD) I got on a Black Friday sale at Best Buy. I had to take out the optical drive that came with my Dell 15 3567 laptop in order to create space for the new SSD that I loaded into this caddy. I kept the original 2TB Hard Disk Drive (HDD) in its original position within the laptop. Samsung's data migration software that I downloaded off the Samsung website allowed me to make the new solid state drive the boot drive as I was able to migrate the operating system, programs, and data files from the existing HDD to the new SSD. Then I was able to change the BIOS setting to boot from the new SSD rather than the existing HDD. I was a little anxious whether I'd be able to get the plastic end off the existing optical drive without breaking it, but managed to do so. The plastic end taken from the optical drive did line up with the slots on the caddy used for the new SSD, but the entire piece doesn't sit perfectly flush to the side of the laptop like it did with the original optical drive.

Like many, I no longer use the optical drive in my laptop so the idea of replacing it with a second HDD or SSD was appealing. I have a Dell Inspiron 15 5559 and had an old Toshiba 1TB 2.5 HDD from a previous laptop that I wanted to replace the DVD drive with. I saw a few of these converters and after reading the reviews, settled on this one. As it was coming from China, the shipping was pretty slow so if time is a factor, it's something to consider. As far as quality, as some have said, it's made of plastic wrapped in very thin aluminum, not nearly as sturdy as the optical drive enclosure I pulled out. That's why 4 stars and not 5. That said, it was a perfect fit and slid right in with no pushing or shoving, and once secured, the quality of the caddy really doesn't matter much except of course, for the electronics. If you look at the pictures, the final one provides instructions for removing a small bracket from the optical caddy and putting it on this one. It was an easy job for me but the screws and holes are tiny so between that, and the lightweight, easily bendable material of the caddy, if you're not comfortable with doing delicate work, maybe get someone who is to help you with this install. In any case, the drive bezel from the DVD drive fit perfectly on this one so one installed, it looks exactly like it should. My 2nd drive works beautifully and it's wonderful to be able to make use of that space in my laptop for additional storage. It's new so I can't speak to durability and longevity, but if it craps out, I'll provide an update. Just an FYI, I'm relaying my experience with my particular computer, a Dell 5000 series laptop, so I can't speak to how it might work with another brand, or even a different model/series from Dell. All of that said, I'm thus far, very happy with my purchase.

this product came from china to oregon in 4 days i have a dell inspiron 3542 and i have been searching a long time for a product compatible welli found this and to be honest i was skeptical at best but went ahead anyway because no other like product claimed to work well i was happilysurprised it was everything they said it would be it fit perfect and my 2tb drive runs real fast i now have a ssd running windows and 2tb running in this tray excellent product and i would highly recommend this to anyone with a dell 3542 who just wasent quite sure if it would work well it does and very well and you should get it lightning fast

Purchases by my husband, with 20 years in the technical field as a technician and system administrator, he stated that the installed was straight forward on a Dell 15-3567 (2018 edition). The only issue is the change to the DVD drive bezel, for the newer machines is now a molded part and not like the one that is included in the kit, so a gap now exist. As he more worried about performance than astatic. Performance is not an issue any longer. This was married to an Inland 240GB SSD, installed into the DVD Drive port and now running as primary boot drive. This has greatly increased the performance of this I3-7130U processor. it now bested a I5-7200U with the 5400rpm drive in head to head boot time, and I gaining back the 3.1% performance difference between the two chips. $280.96 for laptop (Open box New) $43.00 for the SSD, 10.97 for this sled, Now working at the same level as a $500.00+ comp Dell 15 with the I5-7200U.

It does what it supposed to but cover leaves a gap that is noticeable.