Lenovo 256 Solid State Drive Part Number?

[mikev65]

I purchased a Lenovo 256GB SSD. The part number that I ordered was 43N3417.

When the drive arrived, the part numbers on it did not match.

The part number is 45N7990 and FRU is 45N7991.

The drive is a Toshiba drive that was made January 21, 2011.

Its marked as a 256GB Solid State Drive.

Can anyone confirm that the part number 45N7990 is a Lenovo part number?

Does Toshiba make the SSD for Lenovo?

Is this a true Lenovo drive or some knockoff drive?

Thank you,

Mike

[gan Guru]

Lenovo use SSD's from Toshiba, Samsung, Intel and maybe others as well. As far as i know Lenovo do not manufacture any SSD's. The part number 43N3417 should have the FRU 45N8207 and it should be a Toshiba SSD as far as i'm aware of.

I don't know anything about the part number 45N7990 or FRU 45N7991 so cannot say for sure if this is a true Lenovo SSD (even if actually Toshiba) or not. Maybe someone else can provide some more info.

Where did you buy this SSD?

-gan

[mikev65]

I purchased this from Provantage via their web site.

I needed the drive the next day and the Lenovo ecom site said it would take long.

It was in a Lenovo box with the part number 43N4317 on it. But that doesn't

mean it couldn't have been just put in that box.

I will call Provantage tomorrow to see if they can confirm it is the correct drive.

I really debated on ordering it from anyone besides Lenovo, but I need it

because the 128GB SSD my W510 came with is almost out of disk space.

[skywalkr]

I'll chime in.

I ordered a 43N3417 256GB FDE SSD directly from Lenovo in May, 2012. The box that arrived said P/N 43N3417 but had the Part # 45N7990 / FRU # 45N7901 part inside just as described earlier.  It is labeled as an 256GB FDE SSD made by Toshiba. 

The box said it was "Manufactured for Lenovo" 2011-12-16.  

I also have a 2nd 43N3417 unit which arrived the same way so this appears to be what Lenovo ships for the 43N3417, perhaps depending on supply..or either they have a bunch of boxes with mislabeled parts inside. 

Later.

[Djembe]

Just as an aside, any 2.5" SATA SSD will work in your system. It does not need to be specially made for Lenovo.