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    SATA interposer?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by RoyTheRoyalBoy, Nov 20, 2014.

  1. RoyTheRoyalBoy

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    Hello everyone,
    This Black Friday/Cyber Monday, I'm planning on getting upgrades for my alienware 17 r5. My question is, where can I get the sata interposer? I've seen them on ebay, but those are for the m15x/m17x, which are older models. Does anyone know if those work for my model of alienware?
    Thanks in advance
     
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  2. J.Dre

    J.Dre Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    There are no SATA interposer cables on the new Alienware 17 R1 (2013).

    What exactly are you attempting to do with your Alienware 17? New SSD? Extra HDD?

    At 1:40~ you can see that there are no cables. There is only a little connector. All of the SATA ports come with the connector.
     
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    I think Dell forgot to include one, because when I opened my laptop, there was no connector. My laptop is out of warranty, so I'll need to buy a connector (not transposer, sorry for the confusion). Also yeah, I'm inserting a new sdd.
     
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    Yes, thank you!
     
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    I just ordered 10 from Dell online at 1.99 each, free shipping to boot.
    G
     
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