Dell uses a slim laptop style optical drive which uses a standard slim sata power and data combo connector (#1).  One option is to buy a thin laptop style odd to 2.5 hdd caddy which will be compatible w the slim sata connector and house a 2.5 ssd/hdd. [IMAGE] [IMAGE]     [IMAGE][IMAGE] [URL]
Hi ,hope somebody can point me in the right direction. I'm looking to replace my optical drive with a hard drive for extra storage. In the 3472 , i only have one sata power feed from the MB. I thought it would be a straight forward swap using the same cable but the   current cable has a1 hd sata connector and a  different connector going to the optical drive. I obviously need a new cable with two sata connectors. Do dell do this cable or will I have to use a 3rd party cable ? Can anybody help please?
Inspiron 3472, replace optical drive with hdd