So I contacted our Dell rep this was not possible, but I thought I would double check with the community. We have a user that had an e7440 with an SSD in the normal drive bay and a Crucial SSD in the WWAN slot. We swamped out his old e7440 for our new 7480's, however the WWAN slot uses a different connector.
Is it possible to install an SSD in the WWAN slot of a Latitude 7480? If so, does anyone have a part number by chance? Looks like it would fit a 2242 form factor.
As far as I've read here, this is no longer possible. I too had an E7440 and it was definitely possible install an mSATA SSD into the mPCIe slot that could also accept a WWAN card. The new systems use M.2/NGFF slots. I don't believe they have SATA wiring to them, and even if you wanted to use an NVMe/PCIe SSD figuring that the WWAN slot certainly has PCIe wired to it, my understanding is that it's not enough for a slot to just have PCIe lanes wired to it in order to run an NVMe SSD. It has to specifically support NVMe on that interface, and I don't believe the 7480 does on the WWAN slot.
I installed a second HDD (Transcend MTS 400) in the WWAN-Slot but there were some issus:
- booting => device was not visible - booting (F2, load BIOS-defaults) => device ist visible on next boot - booting => device is lost again
So the device is only visible once (and usable) directly after loading BIOS-defaults, after reboot it's lost (without changing the BIOS values). When I booted with BIOS-defaults, I was even able to install Windows, but it won't boot, because there is no boot option in UEFI. Even the SSD is visible with BIOS-defaults in Windows, it is never shown in BIOS->"General->System Information".
My former 7440 was able to manage two SSD's without any problem. I can't understand this downgrade by Dell-developers.
Maybe not support, i have dell e7250 with wwan slot. I have buy M2 SATA SSD 2242 and i installed in WWAN HCA slot, bios and OS is not detect my ssd. Mabye its support WWAN module only.
So even as a secondary drive it was unusable as the drive was not visible to the OS booted of the primary SSD? I'm really looking for an option to add a secondary storage option to my 7480.
So I know this works with the Latitude E7240 using two mSATA drives - as I have tested this in the past.
But now, I have two other Dell laptops where I am trying to do this...a Latitude E7270 and a Latitude 7480.
On the E7270: I have a SATA 2280 SSD in the regular slot. I put a 2242 NVMe in the WWAN slot and although it does NOT show in BIOS, it does show in my native OS (which boots Windows 8.1 Enterprise 64-bit from the 2280).
I will do some testing with the 7480 and post here in a few days.
I know this is an old thread but I want the details here for future searches...
Replying to my post above: After testing in the Latitude 7480, I could not get the 2242 NVMe SSD to be recognized in Windows as a secondary drive like I could with the Latitude E7270...even though they both share the same drive/OS configuration (a 2280 SATA SSD in the main slot booting Windows 8.1 Enterprise). Both are running 6th-generation Intel processors (Core i5-6300U in the E7270 and a Core i7-6650U in the 7480)
I have literally tried EVERTHING to get the 2242-size NVMe working in the WWAN slot on the Latitude 7480 and unfortunately nothing works. I have tried going to older BIOS versions, tried every combination of settings in BIOS and Windows drivers...nothing. Really annoying. I've spent 10+ hours over several days trying...I know the system inside and out and have 15+ years in the field...and I am finally giving up on the 7480
Sorry gents...if anyone figures it out please let me know. I hate Win10 so I am sticking with my 6th-gen Corei7 Latitude 7480 until 2023 when Win8.1 Enterprise support ends. I'd love if someone can figure this out
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Posted February 13th, 2026 14:41
@progastar Yes exactly! Dell 5480 and 5490 SSD perfectly working in WWAN slot,But Dell7480 works one boot time after bios defult.
What is the solution?Anybody?