Does This Model have the m.SATA connector in place? In case I wanted to connect an SSD mSATA card.
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Sorry it took me a few days I had to find time to take mine apart and make sure. It does not have the connector on the motherboard. The pins to solder one on are there if you're handy with a soldering iron, but this should only be attempted if you have done this kind of thing before. A much easier, much safer way to add an SSD is to purchase an "Ultrabay hard drive" dock from e-bay ($20-25) and then you can swap out a hard drive or the extra graphics card when you need each one.
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No, you can't insert micro SSD in this laptop because it has only two sata slots for two HDDs or SSDs (or both). No msata slots, but dominator pro version has msata slots
155568
No. This PCB attaches directly to the SATA Drive. The flat ribbon cable will then attach to this PCB and connect it to your motherboard.
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Hi Jeffrey, This is a SATA divice with standard connectors, both Data and Power. If you have an older computer, i.e. IDE PATA, then it will NOT connect! If you are talking about mounting, then you will have to buy an adapter tray to hold it in place. Hope this helps.
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Yes. You can. Once you install the mSATA into your adapter it behaves just like a regular SSD and you can put it in a docking station, usb adapter, whatever you want just as if you had an SSD. Bear in mind that the lack of a plastic enclosure, and therefore lack of mechanical guide, will make it necessary for you to guide the adapter for mating into the SATA connectors by hand. I hope that this helps.
915146
Yes, the mSATA SSD is SATA III. Regarding the brand, it could be A-DATA or other 1st tier brand. In MSI website they doesn't release such information.
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Good question, it works with every other SATA .. it shouldn't be a problem. I haven't tried it on an SSD.
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This He encourage does have the Sata connection, but it will only fit a laptop size HD. (2.5")
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Yes it does. I'm using one to connect a SATA Kingston solid state drive to my computer PATA (IDE) port.
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Yes. The adapter is a pass through, adherent to the SATA standard, which describes connection type rather than speed. The speed is dependent on the motherboard SATA bus and the drive itself, but not the adapter. The adapter is just wires connecting the drive to the motherboard bus and power supply.
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If you installed the SSD Internal and you plan on using Windows on it, you have to connect it to the motherboard Sata 3 connector, and if you don't have a Sata 3 connector on the motherboard you have to connect it to the card external (e-sata) as a data drive!.
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It does not. It is not even sata compatible. It connects into use port on main board
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Yes indeed it does. It has a number of extra connectors, but I wound up running out of the standard 4-pin ATX connectors (like you'd use on an IDE hard drive or cd-rom/dvd-rom drive. Of course, I had 4 of them in there, and most things nowadays are SATA. So if you don't have too many old school devices, you should be good.
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My understanding is that this is a SATA hard drive, without the "Drive". You have to have an adapter of some form to plug it into a sata port, or you may have a mother board with a MSATA socket.
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Yes, but I wouldn't recommend it. I bought one for my NUC, but it would drop out randomly and the BIOS could not detect it. Go with the Intel mSATA SSD's. I bought one after returning this, and have had 0 issues with it!!
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Please note that this particular laptop model is old now. MSI offers newer versions, but I don't know about the new laptops' capabilities of having hard drive additions or replacements. Most laptops including this one don't work that way. There is a connector in the drive bay (actually a depression) that the sata connector on the hard disk directly connects to. Mine shipped with the second drive caddy, or holder, in place in that depression. Other laptops have a connector on the caddy, or drive holding frame, that the hard drive directly connects to. Then the caddy plugs into the sata connector on the bay or depression. With many there are one or more screws to keep the drive from disconnecting.
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It does NOT, as it's an OEM product (bare bones, just the drive). You can pick up a SATA data cable from amazon or one of it's 3rd party amazon marketplace sellers.