Lenovo T440p M.2 Slot

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Greetings,

Running Arch on this mostly great laptop.

Right now, I want to explore using the second slot to install an m.2 SSD, to give me another boot option. My idea is to use this or the 2.5in SSD as a windows + linux installs, utilizing BIOS to choose between them. I am aware of using the optical drive bay as a hard drive option.

I understand there are two slots available: one occupied by the wireless LAN card, the other other free. Is this really true?

Lenovo T440p M.2 Slot

Some observations about this:
When I ordered the laptop, Lenovo had no option to configure to buy a m.2 drive. Crucial, a trusted big mfg'er of SSD's, lists no m.2 drive for the laptop. Lenovo.com's search shows no m.2 accessory for the T440p, in fact, few at all for any box. EDIT: the appropriate drive apparently is 42mm, which is less common it seems, but readily available from Transcend.

I am also concerned about Lenovo's whitelisting of accessories.

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I would appreciate any hints, comments, or links regarding these questions, especially from T440 owners.
Happy Holidays,
Steve.

Lenovo Thinkpad T440p M.2 Slot

Edit: Now is see this info for a very similar model: http://blog.laptopmag.com/install-m2-ssd-lenovo-t440s

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Last edited by stevepa (2014-12-24 05:26:16)