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Does the T430s use M.2 HDD or 2.5" 7mm drives?

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Does the T430s use M.2 HDD or 2.5" 7mm drives?

#1 Post by Hans Gruber » Wed Apr 19, 2017 11:16 pm

I have added a T430s to my collection of thinkpads. Do these take the M.2 drives or 7mm Standard SSD's? Also do they use the mSata slot on the motherboard like the T420s for an additional hard drive?
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Re: Does the T430s use M.2 HDD or 2.5" 7mm drives?

#2 Post by ZaZ » Thu Apr 20, 2017 12:09 am

There's a 2.5" 7mm bay, which will accept a 7mm hard drive or SSD. There's also a miniPCI slot that accepts a mSATA SSD. If you need a third drive, you can probably replace the optical drive with a hard drive or SSD using a caddy.
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Re: Does the T430s use M.2 HDD or 2.5" 7mm drives?

#3 Post by Hans Gruber » Thu Apr 20, 2017 12:26 am

Which T4XX did they start using the m.2 hard drives instead of standard SSD's? T440? or was it T450?
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Re: Does the T430s use M.2 HDD or 2.5" 7mm drives?

#4 Post by axur-delmeria » Thu Apr 20, 2017 12:42 am

T440, but it uses the smaller 2242 (22mm x 42mm) rather than the usual 2280 (22mm x 80mm) size M.2 SSDs.
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Re: Does the T430s use M.2 HDD or 2.5" 7mm drives?

#5 Post by ZaZ » Thu Apr 20, 2017 11:35 am

The T420 was the first to accept a smaller mini SSD in the form of a mSATA, but the T440 and later switched to M.2 SSDs.
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