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Dell Latitude E5530 mSATA SSD
Hi!
I have a Dell Latitude E5530 and my question is regarding the mSATA internal port. On my Laptop i have two free mSATA port, one is full size and the second is half. I think they are for WWAN but i want to install a mSATA SSD. i'm not sure if the mSATA port are designed only for communication boards (like WWAN) or it's possible to fit mSATA SSD ?
Does anyone try to install a SSD on this mSATA port ?
Thanks!
Cosmin
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March 22nd, 2015 00:00
Thank you for your response!
So i may to install instead of WWAN card the mSATA SSD ? Do you recommand a certain manufacturer for SSD ?
Thank you!
Cosmin
DELL-Ravi Ch
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March 22nd, 2015 00:00
Hi Cosmin,
Yes, Dell Latitude E5530 can be configured with mSATA card. WWAN card slot is used to configure the mSATA card.
alejandrovasqz
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March 22nd, 2015 00:00
I have a e5520. Works on that?
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March 25th, 2015 15:00
Hi Cosmin,
Please look into the mSATA card available with Dell in the link below.
http://dell.to/18Y8iRB
Please let me know if this helps.
ben2301
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March 30th, 2015 06:00
Hi,
is there anything to configure?
which BIOS version is needed?
I tried to add an MSATA SSD to my E5530 but the system dont even recordnize it.
jenda_Z
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August 10th, 2015 12:00
Hello, I have inserted msata SSD into my LATITUDE E5530, but it is not recognized at all... Any idea please?
vute
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October 9th, 2015 03:00
Hi,
Are you sure about that, since E5530 does not seem to work with msata in the WWAN port and there is another post (http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/laptop/f/3518/t/19633824) that pretty much said the opposite.
fuser
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November 9th, 2015 00:00
Just a bit more inofficial user feedback: We bought a Samsung SSD 850 EVO mSATA and tried in different laptops:
E5520: Did not work (WWAN Slot)
E5530: Did not work (WWAN Slot) - even no luck with latest BIOS
E6540: Worked (WWAN Slot). Just plugged it in and it showed immediately in Intel boot screen and in Win10 Device-manager as second HD so it could be formatted as NTFS as usual.
I'm not sure if it is a good idea or not to use it in xx40 series but at least I'm pretty sure xx20 and xx30 series is too old for such an experiment. The antenna that dangles in the empty WWAN slot (especially how that wireing was done in 5530) is not that optimal for that usage as well (have to be isolated to avoid some shortcut) so it looks like it's not the intended purpose.