t400 replacement hard drive height

[jinp6301]

Sorry in advance if this topic has been covered before, but I didnt find any threads with the search function

I'm thinking of putting in a 1tb hd into my t400 but it seems that the height of the hd is 12.5mm not the standard 9mm. Will it still fit?

Thanks

[ZaZ]

It will not.

[jinp6301]

ok thanks

[LegendaryKA8]

If you don't use your optical drive that much(or at all) a good alternative is to get the Ultrabay HDD adapter. The largest drive you can get in the 9.5mm size is 640GB. My personal setup in my T400 is a Hitachi 7K500 in 500GB(fastest laptop HDD you can get) with a WD Scorpio Blue 640GB in the Ultrabay... although the WD's going bad. Still, for 1120GB of space in this form factor, i'd gladly lose an optical drive.

[vinuneuro]

That's a good idea esp since starting with the T400 they now have sata connectors.

[Athlex]

Looks like Newegg is now stocking a 9.5mm 750GB drive from WD drive as well. Looks like the only 1TB drive is still 12.5mm though.