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9mm SSD in X201
Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2012 4:53 pm
by slam5
Hi, can anybody give me a definitely answer to whether a x201 will take 9mm drive? If you can point me to Lenovo documentation that will prove this;I will be foreverly grateful to you. tx
Re: 9mm SSD in X201
Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2012 5:00 pm
by ZaZ
Yes, it does. All X200 and X201 can use 9.5mm drives. It's the newer X220 and X230 that are limited to 7mm drives.
Re: 9mm SSD in X201
Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2012 8:48 pm
by yak
Re: 9mm SSD in X201
Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2012 10:58 pm
by furrycute
I just installed a Samsung 256GB 830 SSD in my X201.
The Samsung drive is 7mm in height. I had to use the included plastic piece to prop up the height to 9.5mm so the SSD will fit correctly into the X201 drive bay.
Please note, the original Samsung 128GB SSD that came with the X201 is a 1.8inch drive. The Samsung 256SD 830 SSD is a 2.5inch drive. You need to purchase a Thinkpad 2.5inch laptop hard drive caddy off ebay in order to mount the 2.5inch SSD into the X201.
Re: 9mm SSD in X201
Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2012 11:06 pm
by yak
furrycute wrote:You need to purchase a Thinkpad 2.5inch laptop hard drive caddy off ebay in order to mount the 2.5inch SSD into the X201.
Unless, of course, your X201 came with a HDD in which case you will already have the 2.5" caddy.
Re: 9mm SSD in X201
Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 5:19 am
by furrycute
The original Samsung SSD that came with the X201 is a 1.8inch drive.
Re: 9mm SSD in X201
Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2012 5:23 pm
by jdrou
furrycute wrote:The original Samsung SSD that came with the X201 is a 1.8inch drive.
Yes but the
magnetic drives were not; they were normal 2.5" x 9.5mm drives. So if you got it with a non-SSD you've already got the caddy.