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    CF-30 Internal PCIe SSD?

    Discussion in 'Panasonic' started by tiderfish, Jan 19, 2015.

  1. tiderfish

    tiderfish Notebook Enthusiast

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    tiderfish, Jan 19, 2015
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    It has to work, but I'm sure you can't boot from this drive.
    Also, M550 is much better drive.
     
    BaRRmaley, Jan 19, 2015
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    No it won't work. The WWAN slot is USB only. A PCIE drive won't work...I did try a while back..I knew ahead of time it most likely wouldn't work, but I had the drive for another project. So I figured I would try anyway. NO joy....
     
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    One of my.. hmm.. contacts told me he has successfully installed SSD into WWAN slot of it's CF-19.
    I'm not interested in this config, so I didn't want to check his words.
     
    BaRRmaley, Jan 21, 2015
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    What about installing the PCIe SSD into the WiFi slot, and the WiFi into the WAN slot? Wireless may be a bit slower, but that might not be an issue.
     
    tiderfish, Jan 31, 2015
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    Both slots are actually USB only and therefore pretty much only good for communication devices only.
     
    Shawn, Jan 31, 2015
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