M.2 PCIE SSD in 60 or 40mm length?

[malix12]

I have an HP Zbook 14 G2 laptop that has an M.2 slot that will apparently only support PCIE drives, not SATA.

The problem is that the space available won't fit an 80mm drive, and i haven't been able to find any 60mm or 40mm PCIE drives for sale anywhere. I think HP offers a rebranded version of the Sandisk A110, which would work, but that drive has been discontinued by Sandisk and is very expensive to buy through HP.

Are there no other drives available that would meet these requirements??

 

[13Gigatons]

What is wrong with the m.2 drive that was included with the laptop?

 

[Hellhammer]

What is wrong with the m.2 drive that was included with the laptop?

I think the OP got a model without an SSD and is now looking to put an M.2 drive in the empty slot.

Unfortunately, there are only a couple of M.2 2260 and 2240 PCIe drives, and they are all OEM-only. That leaves eBay as the best resource and I was able to find one that should work:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/LITE-ON-CX1...985880?hash=item1a0eb66bd8:g:WFwAAOSwFNZWzn8h

 

[malix12]

I think the OP got a model without an SSD and is now looking to put an M.2 drive in the empty slot.

That's correct.

Unfortunately, there are only a couple of M.2 2260 and 2240 PCIe drives, and they are all OEM-only. That leaves eBay as the best resource and I was able to find one that should work:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/LITE-ON-CX1...985880?hash=item1a0eb66bd8:g:WFwAAOSwFNZWzn8h

Perfect! Thanks!

 

[Dahak]

I should have kept a list of models I found.

I was looking at the hp G2 laptops but they where all 60mm .... think crucial and plextor has some could be wrong

 

[malix12]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/LITE-ON-CX1...985880?hash=item1a0eb66bd8:g:WFwAAOSwFNZWzn8h

Ahhh!! The drive sold just before i was going to place the order...

Sorry for the trouble but can I ask how you found this drive? I don't see PCIe mentioned on the listing so I'm not sure how I'd find another one. Thanks again.

 

[malix12]

I should have kept a list of models I found.

I was looking at the hp G2 laptops but they where all 60mm .... think crucial and plextor has some could be wrong

All the Crucial & Plextor drives I have seen in that size were SATA, so they wouldn't work in the Zbook.

 

[13Gigatons]

So you need a M.2 2260 or 2242.

Is it PCI Express Gen 2x2 or PCIe Gen 3x4?

 

[malix12]

I believe it is 2x2, but I'm not 100% sure.

 

[Hellhammer]

Ahhh!! The drive sold just before i was going to place the order...

Sorry for the trouble but can I ask how you found this drive? I don't see PCIe mentioned on the listing so I'm not sure how I'd find another one. Thanks again.

That's Lite-On CX1 (PCIe 2.0 x4), so I just searched using that phrase. Unfortunately, I couldn't find any other CX1 drives on sale. I did find one SanDisk A110, though. It's not cheap but most eBay vendors seems to be charging 2x the price compared to this listing.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/SanDisk-A11...404534?hash=item25b54b5af6:g:woQAAOSwX~dWokrW

 

[malix12]

I think this one looks like it would work? - http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-823MT-...257031?hash=item5b1ff64487:g:InoAAOSw5dNWssgD

I don't see a length listed but it appears to be shorter than the 80mm drives in the pictures.

 

[Hellhammer]

I think this one looks like it would work? - http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-823MT-...257031?hash=item5b1ff64487:g:InoAAOSw5dNWssgD

I don't see a length listed but it appears to be shorter than the 80mm drives in the pictures.

Based on the photos it does appear to be 60mm (all M.2 drives are 22mm in height, so I measured the drive in Photoshop and it yielded 60mm). In other words, it should work.

 

[malix12]

Great! Thanks again for the help.