Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO]OT- Laptop Hard Drives?

My inclination would be to get some plastic of the appropriate
thickness and a daub or two of silicon glue (or possible just forget
the silicon if your laptop has a metal shell that gets screwed down
over the HD).
Just get rid of any wiggle room the newer thinner drive creates.

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "Rich D." <cmsteam@a...> wrote:
> Sean,
> Ok,
> That is sort of what I had in mind. The newer HDD's of the 2.5 x 4"
size
> are now 3/8" thick (were 1/2").
> So I uderstand then the drives and connectors are compatible.
> I just may have a little case mounting problem when upgrading to
the thinner
> ones.
> I am staying in the low Gigabyte range.
> Thanks,
> RichD
>
>
> seanc62@y... wrote:
> >
> > They are pin compatible.
> > I have an NEC 486 laptop that I replaced the HD on. The drive was
> > physically the same size, but the connector on the drive was
slightly
> > larger than the recepticle on the laptop. I had to take a dremel
an
> > remove some plastic to get it to fit.
> > If you are going from larger to smaller then you probably will
want
> > to use something to fill up the missing space - to keep the drive
> > from moving and damaging the connector. Going from smaller to
larger
> > probably won't work as the space is probably made just to fit the
> > smaller drives.
> >
> > --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "Rich D." <cmsteam@a...> wrote:
> > > Group,
> > > Are the 2.5"(70mm) x .50"(12.7mm) HDD's interchangeable with
> > > the 2.5" x .37"(9.5mm) drives?
> > > I have a Toshiba Satellite Pro 430CDT. Needs a new HDD.
> > > Thanks, RichD