15 Laptop Drive (SATA SSD), SFF-8201

The 15 laptop drive (SFF-8201): drive height 15 mm, drive width 69.85 mm, drive length 100.2 mm. Available as simplified and threaded STEP files.

How these parts are made, and what the levels mean: read the method

• Also searched as: 15 drive
• Model id: drives-2-5-15
• Standard: SFF-8201:Rev 3.4 · size 15

Files

Part key	Simplified	Threaded
drives-2-5-15	STEP	STEP

Dimensions

Symbol	Name	min	nom	max	Modeled	Rule	Level
H	Drive height	14.5	15	15	15	nominal	L2
W	Drive width		69.85	70.1	69.85	nominal	L2
L	Drive length		100.2	100.45	100.2	nominal	L2
Lc	Length over the serial connector		100.5 ref		100.5	reference value	L2
hs	Side hole height		3		3	nominal	L2
xs1	First side hole from the connector end		14		14	nominal	L2
xs2	Second side hole from the connector end		90.6		90.6	nominal	L2
yb	Bottom hole from the side		4.07		4.07	nominal	L2
yb2	Bottom holes across		61.72		61.72	nominal	L2
xb1	First bottom hole from the connector end		14		14	nominal	L2
xb2	Second bottom hole from the connector end		90.6		90.6	nominal	L2
ds	Side hole thread		3		3	nominal	L2
db	Bottom hole thread		3		3	nominal	L2
ts	Side hole full thread depth	3			3	single limit (min), modeled at the limit	L2
tb	Bottom hole full thread depth	2.5			2.5	single limit (min), modeled at the limit	L2
dl	Lead-in diameter (the specification's example)		3.75 ref		3.75	reference value	L2
al	Lead-in angle (the specification's example)		90 ref		90	reference value	L2
cw	Connector overall width		42.73 ref		42.73	reference value	L2
cs	Connector datum B width		33.39 ref		33.39	reference value	L2
cb	Side to datum B		13.43 ref		13.43	reference value	L2
cy	Connector offset from the drive centreline		4.8		4.8	nominal	L2
cz	Connector height above the bottom	3.12	3.5	3.88	3.5	nominal	L2
ch	Connector housing height		4 ref		4	reference value	L2
cx	Connector protrusion		0.3 ref		0.3	reference value	L2
cc	Datum C to the bottom hole		9.4		9.4	nominal	L2

Drawing

As a PDF: CC-DRIVE25-SZ-15.pdf.

The 15 laptop drive beside the 9.5

The 15 is the last of the 3 SFF-8201 laptop drives published here, listed from 7 to 15.

• Drive height (H): 15 mm on the 15 laptop drive, against 9.5 mm on the 9.5.
• Drive width (W): 69.85 mm on the 15 laptop drive, the same on the 9.5.
• Drive length (L): 100.2 mm on the 15 laptop drive, the same on the 9.5.
• Length over the serial connector (Lc): 100.5 mm (reference) on the 15 laptop drive, the same on the 9.5.
• Side hole height (hs): 3 mm on the 15 laptop drive, the same on the 9.5.
• First side hole from the connector end (xs1): 14 mm on the 15 laptop drive, the same on the 9.5.
• Second side hole from the connector end (xs2): 90.6 mm on the 15 laptop drive, the same on the 9.5.
• Bottom hole from the side (yb): 4.07 mm on the 15 laptop drive, the same on the 9.5.

Other sizes

• One size smaller: 9.5 Laptop Drive (SATA SSD), SFF-8201.

Documents

• CC-DRIVE25-DS-15.pdf: 15 datasheet: values with levels, sources
• CC-DRIVE25-SZ-15.pdf: 15 drawing: this size's values on the views
• parts.json: the part record of this size (the platform contract)

Sources

seagate-100804767j-figures, sff8201-r3-4, sff8223-r2-7. Full citations: the method page and this size's datasheet.

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