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PowerEdge T20 manual says to use a 9.5mm (slim) optical drive but it's too small
Seemed like a no-brainer to install an optical drive in my new PowerEdge T20 but, no.
The manual says:
NOTE: Only slim 9.5 mm SATA DVD-ROM drive or DVD+/-RW drive can be installed in your system. External optical drives can be connected through USB ports.
Trouble is, the manual's wrong, I think. A 9.5mm high drive is too small (not tall enough).
Or am I missing something totally obvious?
TIA
Bob Crabtree
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February 4th, 2016 14:00
Hello.
You seem correct. All the information I have looked up indicates that the DVD, SATA Assembly is of the height 12.7 mm and not 9.5 mm. I am going to bring this discrepancy to the attention of a concerned team to have the user manuals corrected.
Thank you
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February 5th, 2016 03:00
Thanks for the speedy response - massively appreciated. Be good if they'd refund me the £15.58 that I paid for the wrong model - a Samsung SU-208HB/BEBE Ultra Slim Internal, 9.5mm (receipt available) but I'm not holding my breath. Cheers Bob Crabtree
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February 5th, 2016 13:00
Don't worry about the refund - just realised I had a little-used ProLiant MicroServer Gen8 G1610T that requires one of these 9.5mm opticals, so have popped in the SU-208HB/BEBE and await the arrival of a couple of StarTech's Slimline SATA to SATA Adapter with Power, plus an InLine - Floppy to SATA Power Adaptors. One of the StarTech adapters is for the HP (as is the InLine - Floppy to SATA Power Adaptor) and one is for my Dell T20, for which I've now bought (and put in place) a 12.7 mm Samsung SN-208FB/BEBE. Bob