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    ESATA or SATA to Mini PCI-E

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by lolpold, Jan 5, 2015.

  1. lolpold

    lolpold Newbie

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    lolpold, Jan 5, 2015
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    flipfire Moderately Boss

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    Nope, SATA is a bus for mass storage devices.

    If your notebook has an Express card slot, you may be able to use that instead.
     
    flipfire, Jan 5, 2015
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    lolpold Newbie

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    Thanks for the reply flipfire!

    Sadly it doesnt have a expresscard slot.

    It seems rather lost to put one in :) oh well.

    Cheers
     
    lolpold, Jan 6, 2015
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    Kent T Notebook Virtuoso

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    And also, most consumer class laptops don't have ExpressCard slots either. Mostly, you find ExpressCard slots on business class laptops, like the very excellent Acer TravelMate line.
     
    Kent T, Jan 6, 2015
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