What SSD Fits This Adapter?

[Rocketdog2112]

Purchased a Pegatron ME-1TB solid state drive adapter for my Dell 14 Rugged Extreme 7414 laptop thinking i could fit a M.2 NVME due the center screw location of the adapter. But as luck would have it, a M.2 NVME will not fit due to being too long. That and the interface slot area of the case is much wider that the M.2 NVME. 

 

So what SSD fits this?  MSATA? 

If so, why the rear center screw down location? 

 

 

[da na]

That's mSATA, same interface as older laptop wireless cards.

[Blue4130]

29 minutes ago, Rocketdog2112 said:

 

If so, why the rear center screw down location?

The housing a likely a generic part that they use across different products. It's often cheaper to make a generic housing and change only the internals rather than have multiple toolings for multiple housings.

[Dedayog]

32 minutes ago, Rocketdog2112 said:

Purchased a Pegatron ME-1TB solid state drive adapter for my Dell 14 Rugged Extreme 7414 laptop thinking i could fit a M.2 NVME due the center screw location of the adapter. But as luck would have it, a M.2 NVME will not fit due to being too long. That and the interface slot area of the case is much wider that the M.2 NVME. 

 

So what SSD fits this?  MSATA? 

If so, why the rear center screw down location? 

 

 

Measure it.  There are only like 4 sizes of M.2 drives...

 

 

[Rocketdog2112]

Appreciate the replies. 

Evidently mSATA drives in 1tb are scarce and expensive. The best option looks the be a Samsung 860 Evo. 

 

But then i ran across a Reddit article that talked about the Samsung Portable T5 SSD which is available in 2tb and uses a mSATA card. Basically you just gut the card out of the T5 and drop it into the mSATA adapter housing. 

 

[Rocketdog2112]

Looking at the Dell manual for the Latitude 14 Rugged Extreme 7414 shows a confusing photo. 

The adapter has only one interface notch to the right.

The card shown in the manual is longer and thinner than a mSATA and has both left and right notches... 

 

[Dedayog]

1 minute ago, Rocketdog2112 said:

Looking at the Dell manual for the Latitude 14 Rugged Extreme 7414 shows a confusing photo. 

The adapter has only one interface notch to the right.

The card shown in the manual is longer and thinner than a mSATA and has both left and right notches... 

 

Right, so just get a SATA SSD.  No need to jump thu hoops for performance the laptop can't deal with anyway.

[Rocketdog2112]

Well I believe I have figured this mess out. These caddies came with different interfaces. Here is a photo of the exact same caddy, but with a standard SATA interface. Notice the lack of the two side mounted screw bosses, and the narrower/deeper inset pin interface....

 

Of course they are impossible to find .

[-rascal-]

The caddy / adapter is SATA, so the drive's performance is LIMITED by the SATA interface.

Even if you get the world's fastest M.2 or mSATA SSD, it is still limited / throttled to ~550 MB/s sequential read/write.

Could have just bought a native 2.5" SATA SSD in the first place...

[Rocketdog2112]

15 minutes ago, -rascal- said:

The caddy / adapter is SATA, so the drive's performance is LIMITED by the SATA interface.

Even if you get the world's fastest M.2 or mSATA SSD, it is still limited / throttled to ~550 MB/s sequential read/write.

Could have just bought a native 2.5" SATA SSD in the first place...

Sure. And then i have to find the special rear adapter plate to mount to the SATA SSD which locks the drive in place and also makes it able to remove the drive without digging at it with a screwdriver.

It doesn't have to be a Ferrari. It's just going to be used for an automotive diagnostic laptop.

[Blue4130]

1 hour ago, Rocketdog2112 said:

Well I believe I have figured this mess out. These caddies came with different interfaces. Here is a photo of the exact same caddy, but with a standard SATA interface. Notice the lack of the two side mounted screw bosses, and the narrower/deeper inset pin interface....

 

Of course they are impossible to find .

 

So exactly what I said.

[Rocketdog2112]

On a whim I stopped by the local pawn shop after work and lo and behold, they had a Samsung T5 1tb portable storage on the shelf. They were asking $27, but they accepted $20.

Got it home, tested it and gutted out the mSATA drive which fit the caddy perfectly. 

Loaded Windows 10 and runs like a champ. 

 

BTW, I contacted the eBay seller informing them that the carrier they had listed as a M.2 caddy was actually a mSATA interface. They immediately refunded my money and told me to do whatever with the caddy. 

So a free caddy and a 1tb Samsung 860 EVO drive equivalent for $20?

Going to keep an eye out for the 2tb edition. 

 

Yeah, it's older and slower, but still an interesting cheap hack.