Mini pcie ssd in wifi slot

Darth Bane , Jun 16, The netbook mini-pcie ssd cards will generally NOT work in conventional laptops. The makers of the netbooks and ssds have gone with a pcie form factor, but the pinouts are different. This is why, when you go to places like www. It is a bit of a long shot, and would require some fairly serious modding, but you could potentially wire up one of these to a mini-PCIe card slot.

I had a very quick glance at some pinouts and it looked like there are only about 12 wires needed. If you have a spare mini-PCIe slot you could get a dead wifi card and cut off the traces and wire one of these up to the pads.

You may need to ditch the expresscard SSD case to get clearance, but if it is bootable like the manufacturer claims, it could be the only solution currently available to those of us with crippled optical bay interfaces, see here.

Only semblance to the notebook pcie slot is they share the same connector. Saying that, Intel Turbo Memory presents a mystery. It is still be possible to add the SATA netbook pci-e in a more complicated manner. Consider ICH8M has 3 sata ports.

Is there any empty sockets on the systemboard that might be a SATA port you could tap off? Can still hotswap in your optical drive when required.

User Retired 2 , Jun 30, You must log in or sign up to reply here. Show Ignored Content. Replies: 1 Views: Much appreciated,. Most of them are Samsung SSDs. The M is being replaced, so it's likely that's why the options are disappearing. Not for actual laptops. Here is a summary of all that has been discussed here: forum. Browse Community. Laptops General - Read Only. Turn on suggestions. Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type.

Showing results for. Search instead for. Did you mean:. Hi, I have a Dell Latitude system. Any idea? All forum topics Previous Topic Next Topic. Replies 8. Hi, yes, quite an old post but it may be helpful to others : At the time you asked, Samsung was just announcing a solution that would have worked for you.

Kind regards from France. Much appreciated, 64Dude. Hi, given the time of your post, would your have a D-series model or a E-series one?