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    Can 12.5mm height hard-drives fit in the M17x?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by CokeCanNinja, May 13, 2010.

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    As far as I remember, somebody has done that before. I think they fit in the second bay only, and they had to bend or break off the little plastic retention clip that's normally holding the HDD into place.
     
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    Cool. That means I can have an SSD AND 1TB of storage!!! X-treme!!!
     
    CokeCanNinja, May 13, 2010
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