Latitude 5501 SSD connector cable.

Question

Hello there;I have a 5501 laptop. I want to insert a second disc. I'il install an SSD. However, there is no connection connector inside. I did not find that the new model for Turkey. If anybody knows his part number, can he tell me?thank you.

nyc10036 · Answer

The manual says only one storage device.

ozgiray · Answer

yes there is only 1 storage, but I'll insert a second disk sata port. there is a sata port in the picture, but I need a cable to connect to the disk.&#xa0;

U2CAMEB4ME · Answer

Welcome to the Dell Community @ozgiray

Try using "Chat" to find the part number.

https://channels.us.dell.com/netagent/cimlogin.aspx?questid=ECD0842F-ABAB-4AB0-858A-95EAB5ED8593&portid=9C39C2B5-F1B5-4B42-9928-10AE367360BB&nareferer=%27+escape%28document.location%29

They have internal and restricted sales tools to help them find parts.

Best regards and good luck,

U2

DELL-Cares · Answer

Hello prunoki,

The Latitude 5501 supports only one drive. Below are the ones and are depends on the configuration you ordered,

2.5-inch 5400rpm hard-disk drive
2.5 inch 7200rpm Hard-drive drive
M.2 2230 solid-state drive
M.2 2280 solid-state drive

prunoki · Answer

Hi,

Could you solve this? I have exactly the same problem, I bought a 5501, I thought it would be straightforward to install a second SSD, but it is not due to the publicly not available parts.

Thanks

DELL-Cares · Answer

Unfortunately, I cannot confirm this as it was never shipped with 2 drives neither tested.

prunoki · Answer

Hi, Thanks for the answer. Does that mean that you cannot connect an additional SATA drive to the inner SATA connector? The notebook won't see it?  Thanks,

U2CAMEB4ME · Answer

@DELL-Cares

Did you even look at the manual???

https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/us/en/04/latitude-15-5501-laptop/latitiude_5501_sm/removing-the-hard-drive?guid=guid-472a416c-4066-4e8a-9705-c67a08b8532e&lang=en-us

There are 2 HDD/SSD internal connectors.

And the manual has SSD and HDD Remove/Replace procedures???

Welcome to the Dell Community @ozgiray

I would say you could add a second drive as storage???

Not sure as a boot drive???

Check to see if the hardware is there.

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=dell+5501+drive+cable&_sacat=0&LH_TitleDesc=0&_osacat=0&_odkw=dell+5501+cable

I can check my warehouse and if I have a 5501 I will test it in the morning.

Best regards,

U2

ozgiray · Answer

I bought the product in the link below and it works super. 2 hdd at the same time and works fine. I would recommend.

https://tr.aliexpress.com/item/4000197219900.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.21a64c4ddUqEQu

prunoki · Answer

Great! How did you fix the SDD, could you buy a caddy too?   Thanks

ozgiray · Answer

I mean it works very well. I use the OS from the M2 SSD. This is disk 2.

Sersm · Answer

What does it mean 'works super'? Was you able to boot second OS from the second SATA drive?

ozgiray · Answer

not necessary. I used it by cutting the part inside.

Sersm · Answer

hi there,

I will try to ask different way.

I have Windows10 preinstalled on M.2 drive. This is first drive. My laptop came with this drive by default.

Also there's an opportunity to put second drive (there's a quite specific SATA connector and a bay for second drive around).

You purchased special cable for that. Now, can you boot from the second drive? In case when two OS are preinstalled on both drives.

Lothor · Answer

Same here in Brazil.   Is it possible run in dual boot mode? What is the correct sata cable to buy?

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