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    ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen3 -- WWAN M.2 slot

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by fdeutschmann, Feb 16, 2015.

  1. fdeutschmann

    fdeutschmann Newbie

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    Hi all,
    Has anyone had a chance to check if the WWAN M.2 slot in the new Gen3 X1 Carbon can accept an M.2 2242 SSD card? It's keyed properly (B key), and the chipset has spare SATA lanes that could / should be routed to the slot, so the only question is whether Lenovo did us the favor of actually routing the lanes to the slot...!
    Thanks in advance
    -frank
     
    fdeutschmann, Feb 16, 2015
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  2. mightaswell

    mightaswell Notebook Geek

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    I haven't tried, but I'd sure like to know too. Thanks to anyone who finds out.
     
    mightaswell, Feb 16, 2015
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    Upabove Notebook Consultant

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    Interesting about the routing lanes. It didn't work on the x1 Gen2.
     
    Upabove, Mar 1, 2015
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  4. fdeutschmann

    fdeutschmann Newbie

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    Well, to answer my own question: my X1 Gen3 arrived yesterday, and today I tested an M.2 SSD in the WWAN slot....

    It doesn't work.

    First, the WWAN M.2 slot in the X1 Gen3 is single-sided only (insufficient height for M.2 cards with chips on both sides), and second, it apparently doesn't have SATA lanes routed to the slot.

    Oh well - now to figure out how to live with only 512 GB of space!

    -frank
     
    fdeutschmann, Mar 10, 2015
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    jaylittle, Mar 14, 2015
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