If 256 msata is what you want why not get a Runcore 256 msata. Its been tested to work on Thinkpads. I can't seem to find anything in the 240-256GB range for RunCore mSATA. I'm sure this is just begging for the copy paste Google link, but I searched around and couldn't find it. :) Any links or prod...

I am considering replacing my Intel 80gig 310 mSATA with one of the new Mushkin Atlas 240GB mSATA drives. Has anyone tried this? Will it work? I am primarily a system admin/developer/IT consultant and run lots of virtual machines from clients on my laptop to troubleshoot hence the 1TB drive and 8GB ...

My OEM 310 also came without a screw. My t520 did have the single mounting screw already in the hole closest to the front of the slot. On my chassis, there is only one screw and a short peg that goes into the hole on the 310 closest to the LCD. I can take a picture if it would help although it may t...

The leads fit under the mSata drive in my t520.

I removed the internal HDD leaving only the 310 mSATA and booted the R&R external USB. The recovery process ran and I chose to install all data (Windows partition plus data) and it ran. Now I'm up an running with just the mSATA drive (for now). The original internal HDD still has the R&R partition a...

After the clean install is there some way to quickly gain the functionality of the goodies in the ThinkPad? ToolBox, finger reader, Smart Card...? Sorry if this is a noob question.

Yes, there is a WIM of about 230meg and then a factoryrecovery folder with about 9gig of WIM and SWM. I just found another thread where someone with a W520 did the recovery from R&R after removing the internal HDD leaving only the 310 mSATA and it worked. It does sound like there are some tasks arou...

New to the board and new to ThinkPads in general although I've always envied them. I just received my T520 and Intel 310 mSATA on the same day. I installed the upgraded RAM and the mSATA while I had the keyboard off. No problems. Booted the first boot and ran through the config... Now I'm at the poi...