Hello,

I have a T530 and out of the blue the other day the hard drive quit working. It has an Intel 520 series SSD 2.5" and I was looking through some replacements and the intel version is pretty expensive so I was looking to cross reference other types with no luck so I was wondering will any 2.5" work in my unit? like a seagate,western digital, HGST, Toshiba?????

I have heard that the drives in these units are prone to failure so do any of you have any recomendations on type or speed or possibly shock resistant? any input would be greatly appreciated.

really all i do with the unit is just everyday stuff like watching videos, downloading movies, I dont do any gaming so no need for a jacked up SSD.

                                                 Thanks

                                                              Steve

Hi Steve,

Welcome to Lenovo Community! And happy to have you here.

As I understand that you have query regarding SSD replacement for T530

Just to start from here's few Lenovo suggested SSDs and FRU's that are compatible.

• 45N8133 SSD-ASM7 128G 6G Micron
• 45N8155 SSD-ASM7 128G 6G Samsung
• 45N8161 SSD-ASM7 256G OPAL 6G Micron
• 45N8171 mSATA 32GB Samsung Cache
• 45N8295 SSD-ASM7 180GB 6Gb/s Intel
• 45N8357 SSD-ASM7 240GB FDE 6G Intel

You can even try Crucial M4 Series or Samsung 830 (256GB and 480GB models) which will work fine with this system.

Similar discussions are there on this , this & this thread.

I hope the above information helped you.

Please feel free to post in Lenovo Community Forums if you have any further queries!

Regards,
Prabhansh
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