SSD in Laptop (7mm to 9.5mm)??

[budgy]

I have this SSD (7mm/2.5''):

http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Electronics-Solid-2-5-Inch-MZ-7TE120KW/dp/B00E3918EG

I have this laptop: Lenovo G505s:

http://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-IdeaPad-15-6-Inch-Laptop-59406417/dp/B00HIYA4F2/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1460146735&sr=1-1&keywords=Lenovo+G505s

This is what the laptop harddrive looks like (Go to 7:02):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaYFKKj4Xqw

A fellow member on Tom's hardware told me that it is a 9.5mm drive in the video. Is this correct? The SSD didn't come with any brackets or anything. What do I need to buy so I can fit the SSD into the laptop?

 

[USAFRet]

That is a 7mm thick drive, not 9.5mm.
Depending on the specific mounting style, a 7mm will almost certainly work.

Now...if the laptop required a 7mm drive, and you had a 9.5mm...that would NOT work.

 

[budgy]

That is a 7mm thick drive, not 9.5mm.
Depending on the specific mounting style, a 7mm will almost certainly work.

Now...if the laptop required a 7mm drive, and you had a 9.5mm...that would NOT work.

That was an error. I meant the member told me that the harddrive in the video is a 9.5mm drive.

 

[USAFRet]

That is a 7mm thick drive, not 9.5mm.
Depending on the specific mounting style, a 7mm will almost certainly work.

Now...if the laptop required a 7mm drive, and you had a 9.5mm...that would NOT work.

That was an error. I meant the member told me that the harddrive in the video is a 9.5mm drive.

It will probably work.
If it does NOT screw in securely, you will need a shim, like this one:
http://www.amazon.com/EDGE-7mm-9-5mm-Spacer-Adapter/dp/B014LQM6I2

But it will almost certainly work. Tens of thousands of laptop HDD's (9.5mm) have been replaced with 7mm SSD's.

 

[budgy]

That is a 7mm thick drive, not 9.5mm.
Depending on the specific mounting style, a 7mm will almost certainly work.

Now...if the laptop required a 7mm drive, and you had a 9.5mm...that would NOT work.

That was an error. I meant the member told me that the harddrive in the video is a 9.5mm drive.

It will probably work.
If it does NOT screw in securely, you will need a shim, like this one:
http://www.amazon.com/EDGE-7mm-9-5mm-Spacer-Adapter/dp/B014LQM6I2

But it will almost certainly work. Tens of thousands of laptop HDD's (9.5mm) have been replaced with 7mm SSD's.

THank you for the reply. Regarding the video (7:02). Are the brackets the "caddy"?

 

[USAFRet]

THank you for the reply. Regarding the video (7:02). Are the brackets the "caddy"?

Yes. Once you take the whole thing out of the laptop, unscrew the surrounding bits from the actual drive. This is the 'caddy'.
Screw the SSD into that same place (hole spacing is the same), and slide it back in.

 

[budgy]

THank you for the reply. Regarding the video (7:02). Are the brackets the "caddy"?

Yes. Once you take the whole thing out of the laptop, unscrew the surrounding bits from the actual drive. This is the 'caddy'.
Screw the SSD into that same place (hole spacing is the same), and slide it back in.

So I don't need a spacer then?

 

[USAFRet]

THank you for the reply. Regarding the video (7:02). Are the brackets the "caddy"?

Yes. Once you take the whole thing out of the laptop, unscrew the surrounding bits from the actual drive. This is the 'caddy'.
Screw the SSD into that same place (hole spacing is the same), and slide it back in.

So I don't need a spacer then?

Probably not.
Try it. See what happens.