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    Mini pci-e ssd on MSI u210

    Discussion in 'MSI' started by dnnguyen, Oct 18, 2009.

  1. dnnguyen

    dnnguyen Newbie

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    Hi Everyone,

    I just bought a mini-pci e ssd for my MSI u210. I installed it, but cannot get the machine to see it. Does anyone know how to get it to work. I would like to set is as my boot drive.

    thanks
     
    dnnguyen, Oct 18, 2009
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  2. sgogeta4

    sgogeta4 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Welcome to NBR! MiniPCIe SSDs might not be compatible with that netbook. AFAIK only a few netbooks support SSDs via the miniPCIe port. No notebook to date supports it. The reason is because there is no I/O controller connected to the miniPCIe port, so the computer cannot recognize the storage device. Conversely, the netbooks that can read these have a controller built in the netbook that is configured to read storage devices through the miniPCIe port.
     
    sgogeta4, Oct 18, 2009
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    dnnguyen Newbie

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    Awww i see...thanks for a quick reply...damn i wished there is a way to make it work..that would be awesome of have it use for an ssd.
     
    dnnguyen, Oct 20, 2009
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    sgogeta4 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    I believe Samsung has a miniPCIe SSD w/ built in I/O controller. You'll have to search for it though, the details are somewhere in this forum (I think in the hardware subforum).
     
    sgogeta4, Oct 21, 2009
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