[CentOS] Installing mSATA Solid State Drive in Dell Precision M3800
John R Pierce
pierce at hogranch.com
Tue Nov 3 03:58:15 UTC 2015
On 11/2/2015 7:49 PM, ken wrote:
> I'm considering getting a Dell Precision M3800 Mobile Workstation,
> would want to install my own mSATA SSD in it. Does anyone here have
> one of these machines? If so, is an SSD a user-installable
> component? And if so again, how much needs to be taken apart?
I'm guessing that uses full 2.5" SATA drives, not mSATA cards..... ah,
here's the service manual
https://topics-cdn.dell.com/pdf/precision-m3800-workstation_Owner's%20Manual_en-us.pdf
Looks like it has both mSATA and 2.5" SATA bays. to install a mSATA
card, you remove the base cover (the bottom), remove a cable, and remove
a screw holding the mSATA in place, then reverse all that to reassemble.
me, I'd just replace the hard disk with a 500G-1T SSD and shine the
whole mSATA thing..
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john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz
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