PSA: Librem 13 v2 does not support 15 mm thick hard drives

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I had an old Samsung 1 TB hard drive lying around, so I decided I’d try to install it in my Librem 13 v2. Turns out the drive was too thick - the SATA connector was too high relative to the motherboard for me to insert it.

FWIW, I was able to successfully install a different 7mm drive (but that drive was defective and clicked a ton so I returned it).

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Yes, Librems require a “slim” type hard drive, which these days is much more common than thick drives you described. Could you just note here the thickness of your disk, is it 9 or 15 mm?

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I think the thread title confirms 15.

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Ouch! :joy::rofl: Thanks, somehow I missed this. :slight_smile:

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