Got a used HP Probook laptop. Just needs a new drive. HP specs say it has an m.2 2280 slot. So that’s what I ordered. Guess I needed to look closer.

edit: Thanks for all the info, guys. Different types of keys are explained here. Gonna have to look for a sketchy no-name brand.

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    3 months ago

    No diss. I read that slot comment above you and went, “yep, yep, yep, makes sense. Man our standards are often dumb.”

    Laughed with joy at your comment, because I totally get how foreign this shit is to so many people. It’s like if I walked up to a building engineer asking how they know that iron beam is safe for another 50 years via their skills and I’d just be like “…do what now?”

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      3 months ago

      Back in the 80s & 90s you had to configure settings like IRQ and bad sectors.

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        3 months ago

        And jumpers and terminators and make sure your SCSI IDs don’t conflict!