Just purchased an OEM Drive. Will it fit in MBP?

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jtabije

macrumors newbie

Original poster

• Nov 2, 2011

• #1

Hey all!

I just purchased an OEM Intel 320 160Gb, and it doesn't come with an attached spacer like its retail brother. As a result, without the spacer, the OEM version has a height of 7mm.

From the best of my knowledge, I understand that the drive is secured in placed by screws and not by its physical body and was wondering if there is anyone that can confirm that a 7mm drive can be safely used in an MBP?

Thanks twice over,
Jtabije!

 

alust2013

macrumors 601

• Nov 2, 2011

• #2

That's fine, it does simply attach by the screws in the side, so height isn't an issue, provided you have a unibody MBP.

 

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jtabije

macrumors newbie

Original poster

• Nov 3, 2011

• #3

Thanks for the reply!

I successfully installed the SSD, installed a fresh copy of Snow, updated the firmware, and enabled TRIM. Everything was smooth as butter. 🙂

 

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snowman1

macrumors regular

• Nov 24, 2011

• #4

jtabije said:

Thanks for the reply!

I successfully installed the SSD, installed a fresh copy of Snow, updated the firmware, and enabled TRIM. Everything was smooth as butter. 🙂

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Just to clarify...no spacers or anything like that were needed to keep the SSD firmly inside the MBP? I'm thinking of getting a 7mm Samsung 830, and I was a bit worried the 7mm size would make it incompatible.