Add mSATA to Y580

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• Can I add mSATA in TouchSmart HP Envy 15-j003tx?

  As noted in the website of HP, the TouchSmart from HP Envy 15-j003tx using the Intel Express HM87 chipset but equipped with HDD 5400 rather slow.

  I am planning to buy the laptop but would like to know if the laptop has extra slot for mSATA or extra SATA HDD slot so I can configure SSD caching for the laptop.

  Thanks for all help. Finally, I ordered the HP Touchsmart 15 j003TX.

  Here is the full story. I had called several laptop dealers near my area, but none of them does not know if the mSATA is supported. I think that they refer to manuals and official specifications which does not clearly specify if the laptop has slot mSATA.

  I saw the notebook in a Harvey Norman near my house. I asked the developer if he can open the back cover of the laptop and let me inspect if mSATA slot is there.

  The friendly developer open the lid back and I saw an empty but I don't know if it's the mSATA slot. I never see mSATA lunge. The location is not label to indicate if the slot is for mSATA. The developer and technicians in Harvey Norman cannot confirm if it is the mSATA slot. They refer to the specifications and official manual and told me that the laptop does not support mSATA.

  I took a picture and do some research with my colleagues. After a few hours of research, we are quite sure that it should be mSATA. In order to make sure it works, I bought a KingMax mSATA SSD 128 GB and return to the shop again. They re - open the back cover and I try to fit the mSATA into the empty slot and it fits perfectly. Turn on the laptop and screen of the BIOS shows the SSD has been detected and Windows 8 as the new mSATA SSD.

  So the conclusion is the envy of HP TouchSmart 15 j003-TX supports mSATA. I immediately ordered the laptop.

  Thanks for all your help and valuable information. And I bought a form correct factors of mSATA SSD. But I miss something, I forgot to collect the mSATA screws.

  In any case, I'm happy with the slot mSATA and portable.

• Dell XPS 8700 replace / add mSATA SSD

  I have a new Dell xps 8700 and I put in an mSata 500 GB SSD, planned on getting 2 TB hard drive and simply run the pc of the ssd. My problem is the operating system. I have the recovery disk and the disk from Dell drivers. the pc came with Windows 8.1, I upgraded to 8.1 Pro with Media Player. I don't think that the Dell disk will do a clean install of OS 8.1, and I'm not sure to recover the operating system and disk set, since I upgraded to 8.1 PRO. I don't really have a problem with just the Windows 8.1, and then do the upgrade again. I think maybe even the simplest would be to try Windows 10 on it, I ran beta Windows on other computers. My Question is that I have upgraded to Windows Pro 8.1, I'll be able to get the full version if I try to recover / and with the correct product key. or do I use the recovery disk, and then try to make the OS drive / and collect the key?

  If you create recovery discs using Dell software, it will install windows 8.1 as if you bought the computer fresh from the factory with all the software that Dell gave you etc.  You then upgrade to windows 8.1 pro via the same method as you have done before, however if they gave you a product key, you should be able to just pop that in and make the upgrade.  You could make an image of your HARD drive, then run everything on the SSD by cloning the drive for the SSD.

• HP ENVY 15-j017cl and mSATA

  Hi all

  I want to change my stuff to default material on my lap. Now I have 750 GB HARD disk, but want to add mSATA in car (I saw the free slot on the motherboard). Could not find information in the documentation.

  Is it possible to add for example 180/240 GB mSATA, then install Windows on it and use as main startup (as a reader C) disk and use the disk standard HARD as second drive with the second partition (such D & E)?

  Best

  TJK

  Hello KoprowskiT,

  I understand you have questions about adding a via mSATA SSD in your laptop.

  An important note is that the recovery media you will need to install Windows won't Boot MGR for the SSD. To do what you ask correctly you will need a copy of Windows.

  If you have that, after you install your SSD (see here: Maintenance and Service of Guide) Insert the Windows installation disc and choose the custom installation option. This will allow you to install Windows on the SSD drive and recreate the Boot MGR. Once you have done this, you can format the HARD drive and use it for storage. I do not recommend formatting the HARD drive during installation and will confirm the SSD working first.

  In some cases, you can install Windows on the SSD with the recovery media, but you need to keep Windows on the HARD drive for access to the boot of MGR. The cleanest way to do would be to back up your important information before installing the SSD and run a system restore to minimize the space used on the disk. Then partition the drive using Windows disk management to create a new disk for storage. Once you have done this, use the Recovery Manager to retrieve windows on the SSD.

  Hope this helps. Let me know if you need more information or more detailed explanations.

• The msata ssd update

  Greetings community, I have HP Pavilion 15 - N004 TX and I want to know if I can add msata SDS?

  Ty

• Creating Rapiddrive Y570

  I have an i5-2430 Y570 with a slow hard disk of 500 GB at 5400 RPM. I am looking to improve my performance of HDD, so I thought to change for the SSD, but it is too expensive for similar capacity and change to a 7200 RPM drive will give a significant boost I think.

  So I thought to add mSata SSD to create a rapiddrive, but after searching the forums and internet, I have not found any information on how I can do it myself.

  The question is:

  (a) be mSata of any manufacturer 32 GB to 64 GB SSD to adapt?

  (b) I need to reinstall windows? If so, it's somehow special?

  (c) will be my computer laptop support rapiddrive as was the factory without ssd?

  Any help is appreciated )

  I bought and installed 128 GB crucial m4 msata ssd in my y570 recently, and it works like charm. About rapiddrive - didn't install it, I simply cloned my C partition to ssd (it contains files of program and installation of windows, while the games & media files are still stored on the hard drive). I don't think rapiddrive is really necessary because even 64 GB is usually sufficient to store your OS & programs (excluding games, of course), so a start & responsiveness of the OS would be great, and you do not usually need storing media or games on the SSD, IMO you can do without rapiddrive.
  Also, I recommend you to clone windows by creating the restore image with windows restore tool.

• [Y580] SSD - mSATA vs SATA

  Hello

  I have a Y580 comes with the 7200 500 GB HDD. I think about adding 120GB SSD, but there are 2 solutions:

  1: buy a new mSATA SSD and add in the free space inside the laptop (from what I remember, there is enough room for it)

  2nd: buy a new SATA SSD and add it instead of the actual HARD disk (which I'll use an external enclosure to external hard drive).

  We suggest to you? Is significantly faster than the mSATA SATA? It is always worth to carry an external hard drive just to use the SATA SSD?

  What model\brand advise you?

  
  

• How to install msata in Ideapad Y580?

  Can anyone provide a step by step instructions how install the msata ssd in the Y580?

  I got my lenovo Y580 with a 1 TB HARD drive and I want to add the ssd msata for caching purposes only.

  Thank you.

  THIS IS APPLICABLE ONLY IF YOU ARE CONFIGURING YOUR SSD AS A CACHE CONFIGURATION.

  The msata SSD used is MyDigitalSSD 64 GB 50 mm Bullet Proof mSATA SSD - MDM-5064.

  I read a number of threads in the net regarding installing the msata SSD in their Y580 Lenovo. Intel Rapid Storage Tech (TSRI) does not work and it is not applicable to Y580, because the "Accélération" function is missing.

  Here are the steps below:

  -backup all your files and create a bootable disc just in case where it will fail.

  -Install the msata in the slot. You can access at the back of your laptop by opening the cover 2 holes in the back.

  -set the bios to AHCI and not compatible.

  -Start windows.

  -Download the software "VeloSSD" trial from softpedia 2.0.0.7 and do not update to 2.0.1.1 or newer version. Note that the velossd 2.0.0.7 works well with my system. However the latest version will prompt me with the error. I have already asked the support for this software because of the problem I'm having.

  -start and configure the software, but the limitation of the software is only up to 32GB. However, when you buy it for $9.99, you can set a larger cache size.

  -FACT-

  Now with my current setup of Y580, I can boot windows 7 within the 35secs from optimizer to start EA.

• Y580 - do I have to install a 256GB SSD mSata instead of the 32 GB one?

  Hello

  I bought a Y580 with 750 + 32 GB SSD. I want to buy a Crucial M4 SSD mSATA and install it in place of the 32 GB one.

  Should what additional things I do this? Should I just covers or padding for her? Will it screw? In addition, it would be possible for my to install a new copy of Windows 7 on SSD?

  Would be really helpful if someone who's done this before post some links to the material I need.

  Thank you!

  For the size of the screws, refer to this topic
  http://forums.Lenovo.com/T5/IdeaPad-Y-U-V-Z-and-P-series/Y580-screw-size-that-secures-wireless-adapt...
  I'm not sure but I think that all the msata ssd are not the same size.
  For the installation of OS on ssd there was no problem because the size of the ssd 256 GB, which should be more than enough.
  Just to make a note, I want you to know that you can make use of the 32 GB ssd so by merging both the ssd and HDD by using fast disk. For this, you need to install the os on the ssd and join the readers. Read this document for more information
  http://www.Google.co.in/URL?SA=t&RCT=j&q=RapidDrive.PDF&source=Web&CD=1&CAD=RJA&ved=0CDQQFjAA&URL=HT...

• Y580 mSATA will work with 6 GB/s speed?

  Hello

  According to Y580 Manual:

  SATA controller: serial ata, sata 6.0 GB/s, integrated into the chipset

  As it is said, SATA interface can work with 6.0 GB/s, but mSATA can work with this speed too?

  I need to know, because im afraid that I'll buy a 6.0 GB/s mSATA SSD and it works with 3.0 GB/s.

  Thank you.

  It will of course. The Msata slot is a sata3 (6 Gb/s) and the Bay 2.5 "is a sata 2 (3 Gb/s).

  I have a Crucial M4 installed in Msata slot. It's the 256 GB model. He gets of the readings all about 450-500Mbs and writes at about half that speed. I noticed different benchmarks give results different tho.

  Do not believe what the manufacturing, the speeds are, check with someone who actually put benched them.

• Y580 mSATA speed

  Hello world

  I recently bought the new lenovo laptop Y580, and I have a question that I couldn't find the answer to. I was wondering what is the connection speed for the mSATA slot. I know that the normal SATA hard drive connection is 3 Gbit/s, but I was hoping that the port of mSATA is 6 Gbps, what makes a big difference for SSD. If anyone can answer this question I would really appreciate it.

  Thank you

  Taylor

  Hi taylor,.

  According to the manual, it does.
  SATA controller: serial ata, sata 6.0 GB/s, integrated into the chipset

• Maximum size of mSATA SSD in ideapad Y580

  Hi all

  What is the maximum size of mSATA SSD that is supported by Y580 ideapad?

  125 or 256 GB?

  What?

  Thanks in advance.

  Welcome to the community!

  I don't think that there is no constraint of size on the mSATA connection in your pc. the only constraints are the sizes of SSD and your wallet.

  I have not seen a larger than 256 GB yet and that's what I have in one of my machines. very happy with it.

  Cheers.

• The Y580 there an mSATA II or III mSATA?

  Basically, I'm looking to move the mSATA SSD 16 GB in my y580 to a 128 GB one so I can install Windows and other top programs to run faster all by having the 1 TB 5400 RPM HARD drive for everything else. I was just wondering, the Y580 supports speeds mSATA III? and if not, what mSATA SSD speed is it supported? Also of the suggestions or recommendations what mSATA SSD I should get. Thanks in andvance ():

  It is SATA III, but after I put Mushkin mSATA III 120 GB of disk, the faster, I could never see in HD Tunes was 270 MB/s with an average of 236 mb/s, however ATTO benchmark showed 550 MB/sec 256 kb + pieces:

  

  PS you will probably have to reinstall Windows from scratch (and I don't think it would be illegal for download us .iso from unofficial places, since we already bought with the laptop and Lenovo could not provide us with an ability to create backup diskettes)

• [SSD] Add an mSATA on a Pavillion DV6

  Hi all,
  I found that there is a gap under the touchpad. My laptop is:
  HP Pavilion DV6-2140EL
  http://h10025.www1.HP.com/ewfrf/wc/product?CC=it&LC=it&DLC=it&product=4123884
  I'm looking on the forums about adding mSATA on this laptop, but without help. My idea was to add the following:
  http://www.crucial.com/USA/en/SSD/ct120m500ssd3
  Can someone help me?

  Sorry your laptop predates mSATA WSSD compatibility. The notch you look like a mini-PCIe slot and physically it is. You could plug in a hard drive of the WSSD, and he would do. But nothing would happen because the location is for a map of Wan (cellular modem) only and it is the only device that will work if plugged into this niche.

  You could install an SSD 2.5 inches of old regular in the Bay of hard drive for best performance that model will be.

  If it's 'the Answer' please click on 'Accept as Solution' to help others find it.

• HP Envy 14 A9P67UA spectrum #ABA: Add (or replace) mSATA SSD to the HP Envy 14 spectrum w/windows 10... possible? Worth the risk?

  Hi all!

  So, I read in this forum on this subject and have seen mixed results.  I bought this computer a few years ago, generally pretty happy with it but I ran out of space and the battery is dying.  I am trying to decide whether to revise it or buy new.   That's what I want to do:

  Add 2nd mSATA SSD in the second slot.  I saw a post like this HD is compatible but that's a post.  Around, I've read that others have had problems by adding a second SSD.  Some people can not access, some people, it shows only a 128 GB extra, in fact, some have a BSOD.   The post I saw replaced the original disc to help one of them and adding a second drive so the two HDs were of the same brand.  Is it a better idea?  Also, all the posts I've seen on this topic were two years old and dealt with Windows 7.  Windows 10 it will make it harder to do?

  http://www.Amazon.com/Samsung-850-mSATA-2-inch-MZ-M5E1T0BW/DP/B00TGIVRYU?ie=UTF8&PSC=1&redirect=true...

  If not I can try and use the same car with the model came in the second slot to help in possible compatibility issues, but I would be limited to a 128 GB extra (or possibly 256?).

  I have also upgraded the memory of 8 GB and add a new battery.

  http://www.Newegg.com/product/product.aspx?item=N82E16820220618&ignorebbr=1

  Reflections on what is successful? I wouldn't waste money on these parts if this is going to work.  Thank you!

  Chris

  Hi @cdmdds,

  Welcome to the HP Forums!

  I understand from your posts that you are having a problem with your Notebook SPECTRUM HP ENVY 14 - 3010NR and needing some updates. This system supports 8 GB (8192 × 1) of the maximum of memory RAM and 256 GB (128 GB × 2) Page 34 of the repair. The battery information on page 32.

  This would be due to the limit with the processor.

  Please let me know if this information helps you solve the problem by marking this post as accept as Solution, this will help others easily find the information they seek.

  Thank you.