Thanks! You saved me the embarrassment of throwing a fit to the store owner for selling me a bad caddy or wasting money on another one. If only a friend knew this as well some years ago. Good health to you sir.
My laptop was not shutting down properly via Windows when I replaced my HDD with an SSD (put my HDD in the optical drive with a caddy afterwards) . I tried literally everything; commands, settings, you name it. Then I stumbled across your video and found out this issue was happening because of a tiny hidden switch in the caddy. Thanks man, appreciate it!
Thanks a lot man. I have installed os in my new ssd and kept old hdd in optical drive. But laptop was not detecting hdd. When i exchanged the postions both drives were visible. Tried almost everything to get my hdd detected in optical drive. Finally watched your video and moved that tiny switch. Now hdd is visible is disk management. Thanks a lot dude.
Thanks man! I had recently replaced my existing HDD with a SSD and placed the HDD on a caddy in place of my DVD drive. I didn't have this high CPU usage problem until about a day ago. I don't know what triggered it. But I started getting 15 to 30% CPU usage even on idle. I used Process Explorer to find out the culprit. I saw 'Hardware Interrupts and DPCS' using my CPU. So I thought it must be my SSD or HDD hardware causing the problem. Idk how it fixed this but I toggled the hidden switch to the right. It was already on the left. Now, my idle CPU usage is around 2%. IMO, that switch tells the CPU that the DVD drive exists and thus CPU keeps sending interrupt signal. But since we have replaced it with HDD, it wont acknowledge this interrupt. Thus, CPU's cycles are wasted and CPU keeps trying and thus causes high usage even on idle. By flipping the switch, maybe we let the CPU know that our DVD drive doesn't exist now.
Thank you so much, I couldn't find the solution for my problem anywhere in the manual nor the specs of a drive I bought about the existence of this switch
Thanks a lot man... because everyone and every youtubers showing us how to install HDD in Caddy and SSD but they're not aware us for this types of situations and thy don't show that... thank you sooo much for helping me out...
Thanks a lot for this information. I changed three caddys but non worked, laptop kept hanging after replacing cd drive with caddy. When I moved the white switch to right it solved the problem of laptop hanging.
For those still having the issue, pls try updating your BIOS firmware. Mine worked after the update. In Lenovo, this can be done by Lenovo's "System Update" program. For some reason, the HDD took a few minutes after I logged in to Windows to get recognized.
Hey there... My caddy is arriving today and I'm undecided whether I should flip the switch or not before initial install.. Or do I normally install the caddy, check if I have any problems, and flip the switch?
Hello Sir, I don't know if you know about how to solve the below issue but still If you know how to solve it please let me know... I have a laptop hard disk which I had removed due to crashing issues. I have important data in that hard disk so I had purchased an external hardisk reader. I connected it to my Laptop and it shows it is a dynamic disk so the laptop cannot read it. I want to get all the flies from that hard disk.... Can you help me if you know any other way to make it readable without formatting it. I was thinking if I can purchase a caddy and put the hard disk into it and check if it can be readable.... Will it work??? Please let me know if you got any idea regarding it.
mine doesn’t have any switch. at first installation of the caddy, my hdd got detected and i was able to use my computer for a good 20mins and after a while it became slow and my hdd usage(in the caddy) is at 100% while my ssd usage(in my main drive) is at 0 and when i try to restart it got stuck at the restarting screen.
Wow, i tried to switch it on left but it's not work for my problem. The Caddy Drive still not detected in BIOS of My Laptop Acer Aspire 4741Z. I don't know why?! I already replace for three others Caddy Drives but still not work normally. But, anyway I put again DVD-RW Drive surely it read in BIOS as usual.
I didn't even notice it had a switch until I disassembled to whole caddy (because I had purchased a thicker one and wouldn't fit) BUT the switch's pins aren't even soldered to the board only the ground side is soldered in. The heck?
hi. thank so much for your video. I have same problem but fortunately my caddy has the switch where you haven´t. Anyway, HDD isn´t detected. Is´t necessary to enter in BIOS mode for changing any setting?
Tap on a clip to paste it in the text box.If i remove the HDD and put that in the dvd place by caddy and put the SSD in the the HDD's place, Can the laptop's motherboard be damaged in the long run?
No, that's actually better because from what I have read, SSD can run at full speed in the dvd place. (And that's how I am using my laptop since 6 months)
@@salvador4838 still don't know, the first time i bought a caddy hdd i used a switch by default it work perfectly fine, if you have a problem with that try the left and right switches, maybe it can help you
@Texas Outdoors Please help us on B50-80 model laptop also Please let me know about the brand of caddy so i can purchase the same because we already checked with universal caddy but driver not detect in
Mine had a small switch on the left edge, hard to see, small hole. I had to stick a very smsll screw driver inside to move it back and forth. Maybe yours didn't come with a switch
Thanks!
You saved me the embarrassment of throwing a fit to the store owner for selling me a bad caddy or wasting money on another one.
If only a friend knew this as well some years ago.
Good health to you sir.
That is the explanation why my laptop always had a core working at 90%
Good job.
My laptop was not shutting down properly via Windows when I replaced my HDD with an SSD (put my HDD in the optical drive with a caddy afterwards) . I tried literally everything; commands, settings, you name it. Then I stumbled across your video and found out this issue was happening because of a tiny hidden switch in the caddy. Thanks man, appreciate it!
EXACTLY the same issue as I had! I struggled with this for AGES last year, and I am no newcomer to hardcore IT, but this solved it! GOD bless you!
Thanks a lot man. I have installed os in my new ssd and kept old hdd in optical drive. But laptop was not detecting hdd. When i exchanged the postions both drives were visible. Tried almost everything to get my hdd detected in optical drive. Finally watched your video and moved that tiny switch. Now hdd is visible is disk management. Thanks a lot dude.
Thanks man! I had recently replaced my existing HDD with a SSD and placed the HDD on a caddy in place of my DVD drive. I didn't have this high CPU usage problem until about a day ago. I don't know what triggered it. But I started getting 15 to 30% CPU usage even on idle. I used Process Explorer to find out the culprit. I saw 'Hardware Interrupts and DPCS' using my CPU. So I thought it must be my SSD or HDD hardware causing the problem. Idk how it fixed this but I toggled the hidden switch to the right. It was already on the left. Now, my idle CPU usage is around 2%.
IMO, that switch tells the CPU that the DVD drive exists and thus CPU keeps sending interrupt signal. But since we have replaced it with HDD, it wont acknowledge this interrupt. Thus, CPU's cycles are wasted and CPU keeps trying and thus causes high usage even on idle. By flipping the switch, maybe we let the CPU know that our DVD drive doesn't exist now.
Now I know why my cpu usage is high when idle. System interrupts! Your comment helped me. THANK YOU!
Me too thanks but I don't know where to shift the switch right or left if it is how much notches
which side do you flip the switch to? right left or middle ?
@@VijayGupta-kw4ok Push it all the way to one side, then check. Then try the next side.
@@PrilaRis I switched it to the right, completely
JFC you just solved months of me losing my s*** that was solved with this simple switch thank you so much sir!
Thank you so much, I couldn't find the solution for my problem anywhere in the manual nor the specs of a drive I bought about the existence of this switch
Thanks a lot man... because everyone and every youtubers showing us how to install HDD in Caddy and SSD but they're not aware us for this types of situations and thy don't show that... thank you sooo much for helping me out...
Thanks a lot for this information. I changed three caddys but non worked, laptop kept hanging after replacing cd drive with caddy. When I moved the white switch to right it solved the problem of laptop hanging.
a whole trick already on youtube. but u just need to switch and works. thnx mate
😅😅lol... That's was insane...
Thanks man you saved me from extra extra charges 😅
Works fine after switching. Thanks
Does this solve the problem that the BIOS does not identify the Cady as a storage disk but rather an ODD?
I can't boot my Windows because of this
For those still having the issue, pls try updating your BIOS firmware. Mine worked after the update. In Lenovo, this can be done by Lenovo's "System Update" program. For some reason, the HDD took a few minutes after I logged in to Windows to get recognized.
you are a life saver sir .... thank you so much
It really helped me thanks a lot.
Nossa cara, ajudou muito!!
Tenho um t430 também e sempre dava problema com o caddy, obrigado!
SUCCESS! thank you so much, I just turned the switch left befoe I began upgrading and it was successful. rog strix g531gt
Thanks alot dude, you're savior...
Hey there... My caddy is arriving today and I'm undecided whether I should flip the switch or not before initial install.. Or do I normally install the caddy, check if I have any problems, and flip the switch?
Thanks
It worked well with my laptop thanks again
Worked for me..... Thanks
Hello Sir, I don't know if you know about how to solve the below issue but still If you know how to solve it please let me know...
I have a laptop hard disk which I had removed due to crashing issues. I have important data in that hard disk so I had purchased an external hardisk reader. I connected it to my Laptop and it shows it is a dynamic disk so the laptop cannot read it. I want to get all the flies from that hard disk.... Can you help me if you know any other way to make it readable without formatting it.
I was thinking if I can purchase a caddy and put the hard disk into it and check if it can be readable.... Will it work??? Please let me know if you got any idea regarding it.
it really helped, never would see it myself !!
Yes, thanks so much,
For surprise i found the switch was missing in the hole, i am returning the caddy for a new one
thank you from indonesia
Awesome. That helps me.
mine doesn’t have any switch. at first installation of the caddy, my hdd got detected and i was able to use my computer for a good 20mins and after a while it became slow and my hdd usage(in the caddy) is at 100% while my ssd usage(in my main drive) is at 0 and when i try to restart it got stuck at the restarting screen.
dude u r amazing, ty
Thankss 😭😭😭 🥺🥺🥺🥺you saved me 👍👍❤️❤️
Wow, i tried to switch it on left but it's not work for my problem. The Caddy Drive still not detected in BIOS of My Laptop Acer Aspire 4741Z. I don't know why?! I already replace for three others Caddy Drives but still not work normally. But, anyway I put again DVD-RW Drive surely it read in BIOS as usual.
I have a Acer too, in my case I can read the caddy disk inside my OS, but I can't read it from BIOS
It seems that caddy is only for storing data and not for booting a OS . I mean in Acer products :(
Thank you so much brother
Thanks, it really helped.
Thank you, its solved
Gracias, me funcionó sin enbargo tengo otra marca que no tiene ese switch
I didn't even notice it had a switch until I disassembled to whole caddy (because I had purchased a thicker one and wouldn't fit) BUT the switch's pins aren't even soldered to the board only the ground side is soldered in. The heck?
man you are life saver
Thx, glad i helped
You just saved my lyf bro
Thnx man.. it worked.
You saved my life..
Jos mas pinter tenan koe lopyuu
what does it do if i switch it?
Thank you so much
Thanks a lot bro
Thanks lot.. ❤️❤️
Thanks men,
Thank you so much 🙏
Thank you so much.
hi. thank so much for your video. I have same problem but fortunately my caddy has the switch where you haven´t. Anyway, HDD isn´t detected. Is´t necessary to enter in BIOS mode for changing any setting?
Push left or right side sir?
Tap on a clip to paste it in the text box.If i remove the HDD and put that in the dvd place by caddy and put the SSD in the the HDD's place, Can the laptop's motherboard be damaged in the long run?
No, that's actually better because from what I have read, SSD can run at full speed in the dvd place. (And that's how I am using my laptop since 6 months)
Doesn't work for me
Thank you
whats that switch for?
thanks for the help !!
no switch in my caddy
No switch 😢
What is the fungction of switch 1/2/3 on hdd caddy?
It Probably compensates for the variations in wiring of different laptops
what's the difference between switch left and right?
Did you know that now? Because I have problems with the lecture and wrine of my disk
@@salvador4838 still don't know, the first time i bought a caddy hdd i used a switch by default it work perfectly fine, if you have a problem with that try the left and right switches, maybe it can help you
@Texas Outdoors
Please help us on B50-80 model laptop also Please let me know about the brand of caddy so i can purchase the same because we already checked with universal caddy but driver not detect in
Yeah bro I have the same issue with b490
i can't see any switch ????
Mine had a small switch on the left edge, hard to see, small hole. I had to stick a very smsll screw driver inside to move it back and forth. Maybe yours didn't come with a switch
@@texasoutdoors7802 i don't have any switch in my caddy
But I solved the problem
The solution is simply to restart the computer :)
I had no switch at all, the ic inside has solder points but they are empty, i am returning the caddy
Mine didnt have the switch and I realised why the caddy didnt work..i didn't insert it properly 😅
Mine too lol
Thank you so much