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    EliteBook 2540p - Support mSATA SSD?

    Discussion in 'HP Business Class Notebooks' started by mvalpreda, Nov 1, 2014.

  1. mvalpreda

    mvalpreda Notebook Evangelist

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    I have an EliteBook 2540p with no hard drive in it. It looks like I need a 1.8" hard drive and some sort of connector. I see there is an mSATA (or at least mini PCIe slot) and was wondering if this machine supported an mSATA SSD. If so, I'll just get an mSATA SSD for this.

    Thanks for any input!
     
    mvalpreda, Nov 1, 2014
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  2. wuhoatu

    wuhoatu Notebook Enthusiast

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    the PCIe slot you saw inside 2540p is designed for WWAN card and it does NOT support mSATA SSD.
    You have few choices:
    - Order 1.8" HDD/SSD
    - Order normal 2.5" HDD/SSD with a Caddy Bay.
    - Order a mSATA SSD + a PCI-e mSATA to 1.8" Micro SATA Adapter Converter Card (eg. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Free-Shippi...=100011&prg=11385&rk=2&rkt=10&sd=261199344106)
    I do think that 2.5" HDD/SSD + Caddy Bay have a better Perfomance/Price.
     
    wuhoatu, Nov 20, 2014
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  3. pepe_sc

    pepe_sc Newbie

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    Hi,

    I have a 2540p i7 640LM (low voltage), I am fed up with a slow 1.8" 160GB Toshiba HDD. This is my second drive, first one failed about a year ago and current one is working slower and slower every day. I am about to buy an SDD and would like to go for 250-260GB (preferably 2.5" Samsung EVO 850 - main reasons: price/preformance/availability).

    Is it possible to boot it and work only with a 2,5" SDD installed in a DVD bay (with 1.8inch HDD removed or not used as a system drive) ?

    In all manuals it says:
    Low Voltage Processor Configurations
    1.8-inch hard drive bay 1.8-inch 160/250/320 GB 5400 rpm SMART SATA II Hard Drive
    -or-
    1.8-inch 80/160 GB Solid State Drive
    2.5-inch secondary hard
    drive for RAID support*
    2.5-inch 250 GB 7200 rpm SMART SATA II Hard Drive
    * Requires1.8-inch 250 GB 5400 rpm hard drive in 1.8” hard drive bay.

    I do not want RAID, just a simple configuration: 1 system on 2.5" SDD + storage on 1,8" HDD (or 2.5" SDD only).

    Regards,
    PEPE_SC
     
    pepe_sc, May 15, 2015
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  4. bigmac999

    bigmac999 Notebook Enthusiast

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    yes it is possible only to use the 2.5 ssd in the dvd bay for your only drive/ boot drive and the 1.8 hdd can be used as storage drive
    just make sure you install windows into the 2.5inch drive
     
    bigmac999, May 15, 2015
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