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Just received a T460s and specifically requested the SATA3 as I wanted to upgrade to a 2TB Samsung MZ-7KE2T0BW. When i opened the computer the SSD in the drive is a m.2 format.... so it would not fit. Did Lenovo send me the wrong motherboard? is the T460s able to accept the Samsung MZ-7KE2T0BW? Any help would be appreciated. thanks!

I believe Lenovo removed the 2.5" SATA III bay in favor of a PCIe slot in an effort to get ever more thin.

what would be the largest SSD I can install? can't live with 500gigs....

According to the configurator, it's 500GB, but I don't know if you can do dual drives with a PCIe and SATA SSDs. That would get you closer to 2TB, but I haven't been following it closely. The T460 gets you a traditional drive bay, but it's obviously a little late for that now.

shaibu wrote:what would be the largest SSD I can install? can't live with 500gigs....

There are 1 TB M.2 SSDs, and there are more coming out soon. These are two examples (SATA III speed):

http://geizhals.de/sandisk-x400-1tb-sd8 ... at&hloc=de

http://geizhals.de/transcend-mts800-1tb ... at&hloc=de

I don´t know where you can purchase them in Canada though.

If BIOS recognize them ...

Well, it should. I just upgraded my P50 with a PM951 NVMe SSD, works like a charm.

Ibthink wrote:Well, it should. I just upgraded my P50 with a PM951 NVMe SSD, works like a charm.

While 950 Pro ... https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/ThinkPad-P ... -p/2276297

Happy to say that I bought and installed (cloned) the 1TB sandisk X400 and works perfectly so far in my T460s. thanks for all your help.