X220 SSD 7mm Mod (Crucial C300)

[daggins]

Just thought I'd share since it worked out so good. The Crucial C300 is easily modded to remove the spacer and make it 7mm. Its one of the few Sata3 (6Gbs) drives that would work perfect for the X220. Hit up the link for pics.

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Edit: Shorter screws were stolen from an old 2.5" Hitachi IDE thinkpad hard drive. To those who commented - the warranty sticker does look slightly tampered with, but the residue left on the opposite side of the spacer would fill it up and it would definitely look acceptable.

[Nithy]

Where does one get the shorter screws?

[sml]

maybe laptopscrews.com?

[thecrafter]

Check your local hardware store. My hardware store (local, don't even remember the name) has a whole wall full of screws, nuts, etc.

Think I read here the specific screw is M2-3? Or M2-M3

[Kaso]

Originally Posted by daggins

Just thought I'd share since it worked out so good. The Crucial C300 is easily modded to remove the spacer and make it 7mm. Its one of the few Sata3 (6Gbs) drives that would work perfect for the X220.

Fantastic! Thanks for sharing.

[tul]

From the looks of it, that obviously tampered looking warranty sticker won't get you any warranty support.

[d2tbydt2]

Thanks for sharing.
I wish this came a bit sooner. I ended up buying the 320 for my T420s. I liked the C300 better for the price.

[chaosphoenix]

Originally Posted by sml

maybe laptopscrews.com?

Oh you weren't kidding.. I thought that was a sarcastic comment..

[maticomp]

Originally Posted by chaosphoenix

Oh you weren't kidding.. I thought that was a sarcastic comment..

Hahahahah You made my day!

[sml]

lol .... but i cannot take the credit for it .. i read it in another thread with someone doing the 320 reduction to 7mm.