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Travelmate 4404WLMi Missing Hard Drive Caddy

post #1 of 6
1/12/08 at 10:49pm
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Greetings all. I've just run into a major headache with a Travelmate 4404WLMi given to me by a friend. It appears that when he decided to keep the hard drive, he also lost track of the hard drive caddy for the machine.

I haven't had too much luck finding a caddy on eBay. I think part of the problem is, though I was able to find a service manual for the computer, Acer seems to have gotten confused and listed the part number for the TM4000 caddy in the service manual instead of this one. There's a picture right next to it for a caddy that looks entirely different from where the screw holes are on my 4404. The notebook disassembly guide is also all wrong for this unit.

Now, my question is, in the search for caddies on eBay I happened to notice that the one for the Aspire 3610 looks exactly like what I need. Would anyone happen to know if that caddy's the solution to my dilemma?

If not, I'd appreciate it if someone with one of these units could take a look at the caddy and post the actual part number I need.
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post #2 of 6
1/13/08 at 8:15am
or mail these guys a message to see if they have the correct replacement?
http://www.laptopking.com/kingpartde...ategory=caddys

cheers ...
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post #3 of 6
1/13/08 at 11:04am
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Thanks for the link, however I'm in Canada and the site is US only. I was actually hoping to find out that the 3610 is compatible because there's a couple listed on eBay at the moment that will ship to here.
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post #4 of 6
1/13/08 at 1:55pm
call acer, they can sell you the caddy. however they dont sell the screws.
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post #5 of 6
1/13/08 at 6:16pm
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I've just gotten word from a fellow 4400 owner that the Aspire 3610 caddy looks to be identical to the one I need. So, i'll keep after my friend to try and find the one that came with this laptop, and if that doesn't work out I can always grab one of the 3610 caddies I found on eBay.

Thanks for the help all
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post #6 of 6
1/14/08 at 10:16am
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Originally Posted by Oklahoma Wolf View Post
Greetings all. I've just run into a major headache with a Travelmate 4404WLMi given to me by a friend. It appears that when he decided to keep the hard drive, he also lost track of the hard drive caddy for the machine.

I haven't had too much luck finding a caddy on eBay. I think part of the problem is, though I was able to find a service manual for the computer, Acer seems to have gotten confused and listed the part number for the TM4000 caddy in the service manual instead of this one. There's a picture right next to it for a caddy that looks entirely different from where the screw holes are on my 4404. The notebook disassembly guide is also all wrong for this unit.

Now, my question is, in the search for caddies on eBay I happened to notice that the one for the Aspire 3610 looks exactly like what I need. Would anyone happen to know if that caddy's the solution to my dilemma?

If not, I'd appreciate it if someone with one of these units could take a look at the caddy and post the actual part number I need.
Okie, I found a dell caddy on ebay that looked close enough to my Aspire 5102 that I bought it, and it worked fine.
I guess it depends on if the drive slides in or lays into the slot.
If you just do a generic search or you think you found one for a 3610 that looks similar, go for it. You may have to drill a few holes thru some thin sheet metal to match up.
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