Installing MSATA Solid State Drive In Dell Precision M3800
I’m considering getting a Dell Precision M3800 Mobile Workstation, would want to install my own mSATA SSD in it. Does anyone here have one of these machines? If so, is an SSD a user-installable component? And if so again, how much needs to be taken apart?
Thanks much.
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I’m guessing that uses full 2.5″ SATA drives, not mSATA cards….. ah, here’s the service manual https://topics-cdn.dell.com/pdf/precision-m3800-workstation_Owner's%20Manual_en-us.pdf
Looks like it has both mSATA and 2.5″ SATA bays. to install a mSATA
card, you remove the base cover (the bottom), remove a cable, and remove a screw holding the mSATA in place, then reverse all that to reassemble.
me, I’d just replace the hard disk with a 500G-1T SSD and shine the whole mSATA thing..