T410s support mSATA hard drive in the WWAN slot for storage?

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T410s support mSATA hard drive in the WWAN slot for storage?

#1 Post by foghorn » Wed Apr 23, 2014 2:44 am

I'd like to add storage but don't want to upgrade nor do I want to give up my ultrabay. I know the WWAN slot will support mSATA hard drives for some T series and W series, but is there anything against the T410s?

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Re: T410s support mSATA hard drive in the WWAN slot for stor

#2 Post by Brad » Wed Apr 23, 2014 2:48 am

The T420/s and up support mSATA.

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Re: T410s support mSATA hard drive in the WWAN slot for stor

#3 Post by foghorn » Wed Apr 23, 2014 2:55 am

Oh okay. Thanks Brad.

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#4 Post by jayton4 » Sat May 31, 2014 5:55 am

Another option would be to get a mSATA to microSATA adapter to replace the 1.8" main drive.
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#5 Post by jcvjcvjcvjcv » Sun Jun 01, 2014 1:25 pm

That's a good one. It seems 1.8" SSD's prices are based on... [?]

I never got why they used 1.8" HDD's; slow as heck
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Re: T410s support mSATA hard drive in the WWAN slot for stor

#6 Post by Tasurinchi » Mon Jun 02, 2014 4:00 am

Smaller footprint I guess.

I have a Kingston 1.8" SSD in my T400s, its performance is ok and I got it cheap enough. I think they're still a couple of models available on the market. Surely mSata+Adapter are probably cheaper. I have two of these in my X301 working with no issues so far.
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