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difference between these thinkpad hard drive bay adapters?

Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2012 2:44 pm
by person400000
whats the difference between these thinkpad bay adapters?

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ThinkPad Serial ATA Hard Drive Bay Adapter III
http://shop.lenovo.com/us/itemdetails/4 ... 60EB85C922
Thinkpad Sata HD Bay Adapter 3
http://www.amazon.com/Thinkpad-Sata-HD- ... B002HKFE2K

ThinkPad 12.7mm Serial ATA Hard Drive Bay Adapter III
http://shop.lenovo.com/us/itemdetails/0 ... D6FE77B164
Lenovo ThinkPad Serial ATA Hard Drive Bay Adapter
http://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-Storage-Ba ... B007QWGSCY

also what should i get for the thinkpad x230t?
i wanna put another drive in my ultrabase series 3

this may belong in thinkpad x230t board
but i thought this applies to alot of thinkpads

i'm not an expert on this, i'm just asking before i buy
anyones help appreciated thanks!!

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Re: difference between these thinkpad hard drive bay adapters?

Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2012 3:03 pm
by rkawakami
Ultrabase Series 3 appears to require the use of Serial Ultrabay Slim adapters, the 9.5mm height one. The 12.7mm high adapters will not fit.

ref: http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/UltraBay
ref: http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/detail. ... MIGR-73170 (9.5mm)
ref: http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/downloa ... D=PD022801 (12.7mm)

Re: difference between these thinkpad hard drive bay adapters?

Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2012 3:08 pm
by person400000
rkawakami wrote:Ultrabase Series 3 appears to require the use of Serial Ultrabay Slim adapters, the 9.5mm height one. The 12.7mm high adapters will not fit.

ref: http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/UltraBay
ref: http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/detail. ... MIGR-73170
oh i see
thank you very much for your quick reply