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April 12th, 2015 13:00
Dell Latitude 3340 HDD height
So i just bought a Dell Latitude 3340, the one that can be configured here
If all goes well i should recieve a 3340 with a 500GB mechanical hard-drive of which the platters spin at 7200RPM.
Since i want to replace the stock hard-drive with a SSD i was wondering about the height of the drive and the height of the SSD i will be replacing it with.
I've done some searching myself and found the following information:
According to notebookcheck.net the Latitude 3340 they reviewed came with a Seagate Momentus Thin SSHD that hard-drive that has a height of 7mm's.
On ubuntu.com a certification for a 3340 can be found that model uses a SSD with a height of 7mm.
Parts People has posted a Youtube video showing a Dell Latitude 3340 HDD being removed at the 01:34 mark it clearly shows that a Seagate Momentus Thin (7mm) HDD is used.
So my question is the following:
Are 7mm high 2,5" SSD's / HDD's pretty much standard in the Latitude 3340, or is there a chance that the 3340 that i will take delivery of Latitude 3340 that is equipped with a 9mm high HDD (and wil thus need a 9mm high SSD to replace the HDD).
Thanks in advance.
ejn63
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April 12th, 2015 13:00
The system takes a 7mm drive. Even in systems that ship with 9.5 mm drives, 7 mm SSDs will work - some will require a spacer though (the spacers come with most Crucial drives and Samsung drive kits, among others).
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April 12th, 2015 14:00
If i understand correctly you're stating that Some Latitude 3340's ship with 7mm high SSD's /HDD's and others ship with 9,5mm high drives.
Now i'm aware of the existence of spacers but for instance with the Samsung SSD 850 Pro models those aren't included.
In the Youtube video and owners manual it shows that the SSD/HDD is installed upside down onto the motherboard SATA-connector.
With a drive that is turned upside down the height is of influence to the height placement of the SATA-connector.
See for instance this pic:
So if there are 3340's shipped with 7mm drives and others with 9,5mm high drives, doesn't mean that there are (at least) two different variations of the motherboard to accommodate a different placement (height) of the SATA-connector.
That would seem entirely uneconomically to me, but if you're absolutely sure there are 3340's with 7mm high drives and others with 9,5mm drives built and shipped please let me know.
Im trying to get certainty on this since the drive i'm planning to acquire doesn't come with a spacer.
Thanks again.