I have a new Crucial M4 128 GB SSD. I am trying to install it in a Gateway NV57H26u laptop [http://us.gateway.com/gw/en/US/content/model/LX.WYY02.011] purchased August 2011. The SSD will replace a 2.5” Hitachi 5K750-500 HDD that came with the laptop.
I took the plastic panel off the bottom of my laptop (2 screws) and slid out the HDD. It has a bracket that holds the drive on each side. The same 2 screws that hold the panel in place also go through the bracket.
Removing the hdd from the bracket, I found that one of the screws had been put in at an angle, but ok.
Then I tried to put the SSD in the bracket. 3 screws go in perfectly. One of the holes on the bracket, labelled “#1”, does not line up with the hole on the SSD. The screw goes in at an angle (again) and sticks out - I have tried several methods to get it to go in normally. When I put the ssd into the laptop’s storage bay, the protruding screw prevents the bracket from sliding in properly.
So I removed the screw and tried with 3 of 4 screws in place. It slid in almost all the way - SATA connection seemed ok, but 2 panel screw holes on the laptop did not line up with those on the bracket - so I could not secure the panel while the ssd/bracket was there. I could have closed it, but without the screws holding the SSD in place...
So, I’m wondering how to get the ssd to fit in the bracket? Should I look into getting a new bracket?
Also, in trying to fix the screw, I repeatedly touched the ssd’s connectors (by accident). This is not ideal, but is it a big problem?
Visually, the ssd and original hdd are the same size (all dimensions).
Any help or advice is much appreciated! Thanks.
I took the plastic panel off the bottom of my laptop (2 screws) and slid out the HDD. It has a bracket that holds the drive on each side. The same 2 screws that hold the panel in place also go through the bracket.
Removing the hdd from the bracket, I found that one of the screws had been put in at an angle, but ok.
Then I tried to put the SSD in the bracket. 3 screws go in perfectly. One of the holes on the bracket, labelled “#1”, does not line up with the hole on the SSD. The screw goes in at an angle (again) and sticks out - I have tried several methods to get it to go in normally. When I put the ssd into the laptop’s storage bay, the protruding screw prevents the bracket from sliding in properly.
So I removed the screw and tried with 3 of 4 screws in place. It slid in almost all the way - SATA connection seemed ok, but 2 panel screw holes on the laptop did not line up with those on the bracket - so I could not secure the panel while the ssd/bracket was there. I could have closed it, but without the screws holding the SSD in place...
So, I’m wondering how to get the ssd to fit in the bracket? Should I look into getting a new bracket?
Also, in trying to fix the screw, I repeatedly touched the ssd’s connectors (by accident). This is not ideal, but is it a big problem?
Visually, the ssd and original hdd are the same size (all dimensions).
Any help or advice is much appreciated! Thanks.
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