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Which maximum 2.5" hard disk thickness for 4x4?

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Topic: Which maximum 2.5" hard disk thickness for 4x4?

Posted By: jdmuys
Subject: Which maximum 2.5" hard disk thickness for 4x4?
Date Posted: 14 Jan 2021 at 3:27am

Hi,

I just purchased an 4x4-BOX 4800U mini PC and in addition to an M.2 SSD, I want to install a 2.5" hard disk. I have with a 12.5 mm hard disk that looks a bit to thick to fit in the enclosure on top of the two SODIMM.

What is the maximum hard disk thickness I can expect the 4x4-BOX 4800U to support?

I could not find that information anywhere.

Thanks,

JD

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Posted By: JustMeHere
Date Posted: 28 Jan 2021 at 12:14am

Drives 9.5 mm high became an unofficial standard for all except the largest-capacity laptop drives (usually having two platters inside); 12.5 mm-high drives, typically with three platters, are used for maximum capacity, but will not fit most laptop computers. Enterprise-class drives can have a height up to 15 mm. Seagate released a 7 mm drive aimed at entry level laptops and high end netbooks in December 2009. Western Digital released on April 23, 2013 a hard drive 5 mm in height specifically aimed at Ultrabooks.[25]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_disk_drive_form_factors