Question 1

Does the black frame have to remain on?

Accepted Answer

No, use it only if your drive bay is for taller drives - since this new SSD is thinner than the older ones, Intel provides this plastic spacer to ensure that the drive will have a good fit. If the drive fits tightly in your system then you can ignore the plastic frame.

Question 2

Hi, I am replacing my HD on Dell Vostro V131. Will this drive fit?

Accepted Answer

This is an unusual SSD as it comes with a spacer that attaches with 4, 8mm long screws. With the spacer, it's a standard 2-1/2", 9mm thick drive.

If you remove the 2mm spacer, the protective cover plate will also detach and the screws provided much to long to use to put it back. If you substitute shorter screws with the same thread pattern, you could re-attach the plate to make it 7mm thick. But doing so may void their nice 5-year warranty.

Will it fit in your Dell Vostro V131?  Remove your current drive and measure.  The Intel drive is almost exactly 100mm x 70mm x 9mm and I wouldn't recommend removing the spacer.

Question 3

What is included with this OEM drive?

Accepted Answer

We bought the OEM version and, as I recall, we got nothing but the drive.  We already had the cables, screws, etc.  We put together a whole computer with parts from newegg and, knock on wood, everything has been working without problems.  We paid a little over twice as much for this same part.
Hope this helps.

Question 4

I am planning to replace my HD on MacBook pro. Is this SSD compatible with MacBook Pro mid-2012 model?

Accepted Answer

doubt it, this is for a desk top

Question 5

what external device will this need to record to ??

Accepted Answer

AMD motherboard

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