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    8470P..Msata port? (pics)

    Discussion in 'HP Business Class Notebooks' started by superman3486, Feb 1, 2013.

  1. superman3486

    superman3486 Notebook Consultant

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    does anyone know if this port can accept msata drive? right above the wifi there seems to be WWAN connector with wires, maybe the possibility of doubling it as a msata port instead?

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    superman3486, Feb 1, 2013
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  2. excalibur1814

    excalibur1814 Notebook Evangelist

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    The maintenance manual makes no reference to the possibility while certain models of the 8470w CAN use an mSATA drive.

    Besides that, thankfully, I tried putting in a 64Gb Samsung mSata drive and... nothing happened at all. I checked the bios and there were no obvious options so I came to the conclusion that it simply isn't supported. Damn shame.
     
    excalibur1814, Feb 15, 2013
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