mSATA SSD to Y480

I have a Y480 and I would like to add an mSATA SSD.

According to the 128 GB of Crucial m4 mSATA reader is not compatible with the Y480:

http://www.crucial.com/store/partspecs.aspx?IModule=CT128M4SSD3

I also watched the 80 GB drive mSATA Intel:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/796905-reg/Intel_SSDMAEMC080G2C1_2_5_mSATA_MLC_310.html

who is 4.85 mm thick against 3.6 to 3.8 mm for some other devices. I'm afraid that Intel may not match.

Question 1:

What mSATA discs are known to work with the Y480?

Question 2:

I want to do the new SSD my system disk. So no worries with special BIOS need not required to use the SSD as drive caching.

Lean towards performing a clean Windows Installer using a generic Windows 7 ISO of Digital River (against the existing HARD drive cloning). Assuming that this will require some messing around with drivers and let me without the Lenovo tools, like the Onekey Recovery, I have not much to care for and would be happy to jettison.

Everyone thinks it's a bad idea or have any useful advice?

In the end, I installed a Crucial M4 mSATA reader:

http://www.crucial.com/store/partspecs.aspx?IModule=CT128M4SSD3

It works very well!

Tags: Lenovo Notebooks

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