Will a 7mm SSD fit in a 9.5mm laptop HDD slot?
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I'm planning to purchase a Crucial M4 256G SSD. There are 2 versions though, 7mm and 9.5mm, at the same price on Newegg.com My current laptop is 9.5mm SATA II. However, I plan to purchase a new laptop as soon as Ivy Bridge quad-core laptops (the 35W i7-3612QM interests me most) are available, which…
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Yes the 7.5mm, 9.0mm will fit into all 2.5" standard SATA bays, because the side screws will align the SATA port to the port on the motherboard. The same applies for thicker HDD's - but not all thicker ones will fill ie- wont be possible to screw th…
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