SSD adaptor for Dell Lattitude 5400

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    MaximusNaisu

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    I remember when I was upgrading my Lattitude 5400 from HDD to SSD m.2, I was very bitter about leaving a huge gaping hole in my laptop which I felt like is a prime piece of real estate that can be reclaimed for adding extra storage. So in my research efforts i am come to understand that there are 4 ways to ass extra storage to this laptop

    1. use a type c high speed ssd external drive
    2. use the WWAN port to hook up a 2242 m.2 ssd to it
    3. M.2 ssd OEM adaptor.
    4. the native adaptor for HDD

    The easiest way is to get a 2242 m.2 and hook it up and forget. but I dont like easy and also I would like to keep the WWAN port empty so i can hook up a m.2 to pcie extension adaptor to hook up a gpu to the laptop maybe later.

    So this leaves me with the native HDD adaptor., the motherboard has a slot that accepts a adaptor which connects to your SATA drive, I assume this port is run at sata 3 speeds and not NVMe. I was thinking if anyone can shed more light on this adaptor...

    Amazon link to a replacement part for reference

    https://www.amazon.com/Suyitai-Repl...erposer+Connector+Cable&qid=1637619892&sr=8-3


    with the above adaptor, I can hook up a M.2 to a SATA adptor and get it to work but I prefer no go that route. I want to first confirm if the slot on the port supports nvme or just SATA3 ? can someone help me...
     
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    I am attaching the picture of the HDD slot on the mother board for further clarity
     

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    Young Nadine

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    nice
     
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    I understand your concerns. The Dell Latitude 5400 motherboard slot only supports SATA, not NVMe. You can use a SATA adapter to connect an M.2 SSD,but you won't get full NVMe speeds.Additionally, if you want to keep the WWAN port free, the best solution might be an external SSD via USB-C. https://forumator.pl/
     
    Ala198, Oct 14, 2024
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