Dell Latitude 5401 - install second SSD into WWAN slot!

The SSD used: Toshiba OCZ RC 100 240GB, amzn.to/2AZRIRS
To startup disk manager: diskmgmt.msc
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:59 Description of internal parts
2:00 Adding the second HDD
3:55 Windows Startup
4:50 Format and initialize the disk
5:30 Finished disk

[@josephokonkwo217]

This is so wonderful and saved me a lot.I used the video for Dell Latitude 5480 and it worked.

[@marting169]

Esta es una buena noticia para mi laptop!!!

[@iammariomurray]

Thanks for the help man. I love the similar makeup of Dell laptops and the ease in upgradability 😊

[@thebigsaucey]

Thank you, wish this was more well known. Taught me a lot!

[@SolderIT]

This is exactly what I am looking for. Thank you.

[@whoiswolfpack]

I have this same computer. Thank you for making this video, I never knew I could use the wwan slot for extra storage. 🥃😀

[@PankajChauhan-ij1yp]

are u able to load windows from the SSD installed in that Port?

[@apogo78]

Like! Petr, i wondering if I can use NVMe drive as a system drive? Was it seen in BIOS as a regular drive? Thanks!

[@dre2407]

can you install a second os on the Toshiba drive and have the laptop dual boot?

[@blackjack1482]

I'm just starting to learn about working on laptops, so this might be a stupid question. At 3:06, the screw that is taken out and moved to the new SSD spot in the WLAN port, is that a grounding screw? Are the screws on a laptop ever used to give a circuit a proper ground, and if so, how can you tell when they're used this way?

[@Slainte-Mhath]

Can you now clone the C drive remove it and boot from the m2 and will it be as fast as ssd if put into sata slot?

[@knboss]

Nice job!!! can you boot from this new ssd?

[@mtdlgs]

Hi! You mentioned the HDD connector near in top left corner around the battery bay on the motherboard. My model is slightly different than yours, but has the connector. Firstly, you need to swap the 68 Wh battery to the smaller 51 Wh - 3 cell one (that's physically shorter) and you have space for a 2,5" ssd or hdd. I know, it is a compromise between disk space or battery life, but it depends for the situation what you need. Cheers! Great video btw!

[@presston]

u need to remove the current SSD if u want to make use of the 2.5" hdd bay. u cant put two drives at that area.

[@justinbryson2906]

@@presston Yeah, my Dell LATITUDE 14 5410 has the 2.5" HDD installed, and I wish I could figure out how to install the M.2 SSD option. I think I will give this M.2 SSD option on the WWAN slot a try. I hope it works.

[@presston]

@@justinbryson2906 Please double check the wwan slot type. B or M. I bought a NVME M for del 5400 only to find out it doesn't fit. The difference is very miniscule. I think i need to try with 2242 SATA ssd, but there doesnt seem alot of choice in the market for those.

[@einstein9901]

Nice video. BTW I have heard that even if the ssd Is inserted into any port, it won't be detected in my computer until the driver is installed or it has been formatted. What's your opinion on this?

[@svetimarko2]

Thank you mr. Dinner! ;)

[@theA12d1]

thanks dude, you are save me from the mystery of this slot..!

[@987348211]

NICE BRO. U EXPLAIN VERY CLEAR,GOD BLESS

[@saiedruben]

I Test it in a Dell E5450 and it work. I used Ssd 128gb Nvme Pci-e 2242 Western Digital PC SN520. But I cannot make it boot from there. I updated Bios to A23 versión and nothing. Cant see the disk on bios. Any idea?

[@BitsOfTruth]

Hi. I installed a Msata to TF card reader in WWAN slot. Fits good, pops up and down good like ram does. I can't get Bios or Windows 10 to find it. I even done I new install of Windows 10. Any advice? Thanks. Btw I had a TF card formatted with files on it in reader all the time. Dell E6540.

[@eizanamagawa3923]

thank you for this information, but sorry to ask.. afaik wwan pcie on dell is gen2x1 right? can an nvme ssd reach its usual speed performance on pcie2x1?

[@johnbryan9200]

Perfect, I can now install too, great to know, and many thanks

[@DARKSIDE-tz4zq]

Thank you guy!!! You make my day. 👍

[@jigarshah1438]

For this, does latitude should have WWAN support? Cos some latitude configurations just comes with only WLAN support.

[@beerekartheek9184]

thank you for making this video, is this ssd suitable for dell latitude e7450 model

[@uviclay1369]

good video; Hello, could the operating system be installed on that solid state drive?

[@AgressiveHouse]

can you make a hole in the bottom cover for the sata cable and connect the SATA SSD outside? ;)

[@LeSinh]

Hello, Dell E5570 (i7), does it support installing ssd 2242 like your way?

[@rui2565]

Do you know why a NVMe can be detected in the main slot, but can not be in the WWAN slot?

[@vchnbl]

Nice info and its help me, thx bro

[@shariqchanda]

Hello Petr, Thank you very informative. Please help me, i have Dell Latitude 5450, kindly confirm, if i can also install M.2 42mm SSD in the WWAN slot.

[@VertuV]

Hey question I try it do same with dell L 5495 and just don't show it up nowhere. Funny things drivers cannot be instaled cuz don't discover ssd amd I'm stuck on middle of nowhere. On Bios it's none and don't have any option. Raid Settings?

[@isaiaskinq]

The size you already bought is M.2 SSD 2230?

[@rene.s.s]

Do you think a double sided 2242 will fit?

[@brah81im]

Thank you, can we do the same with latitude e4570?

[@md.jubair8893]

can anyone tell me plz that the default M.2 in here is sata or PCI ? and does it support NVMe?

[@binarydesk8442]

Hi, I would like to know if Latitude 5411 has same slot? Will it work? Please help.

[@user-hn7ni8ni6x]

Absolutely great tutorial. But your SSD in the main tray is SATA or PCle? You did not mention it here

[@ZacharySound]

What is the largest size SSD that will fit in the WWAN slot in the E7440?

[@felipeluna5496]

Excelent!!! Thanks. Can I install a SO in the disk?

[@wisnutriehatmojo]

Can I do this on E7470? It has WWAN HCA slot. Which SSD should I buy?

[@rafzap4024]

i have dell latitude 5480, will be compatibility toshiba RC100 in to WWAN slot?

[@adamngraha]

Does it work on dell latitude 7280?

[@Baiev]

I am wondering what is the speed on CrystalDiskMark?

[@squierjoshyt]

My 5400 looks identical to this 5401, yet my drive doesn't show up in Device Manager or Disk Management. Is there a BIOS setting I can change?

[@tronatic5905]

Hi Petr, i am using Latitude 3580 and have a 500gb Sata HDD, i want nvme for my OS, if i use WWAN PCIe for nvme.. what you think it will be bootable.? for booting OS by nvme..? Please reply

[@milanmadusanka8168]

Does this ssd work for the dell latitude E6440

[@Landat78]

Nice tutorial. Does it work on E5570 also?

[@dwatts100]

I have a Dell 3400 with an mSATA WWAN slot. So it would need an m2 SATA SSD. How will it detect?

[@gedewawan]

It's not work on my laptop, Latitude 5480. Is there any BIOS setup to recognize it's? Thanks

[@earlskie78castillo77]

was it an m.2 nvme 22x30 or 22x42 gen3x2 that you installed?

[@rizkys8791]

Hi peter, how about type C support power delivery?

[@LokmanMahazer]

hi, is the m.2 nvme ssd is pcie 3x2 type?

[@affirca77]

Nice video mate!, which exactly is this 5400 model?, Do you have the product number?, thank you!

[@manholeung9966]

just checked other forum and someone said that only standard voltage CPU(i.e. XXXX-HQ) can successfully add and recognize the SSD installed at WWAN. I dont know the theory, could someone help? For me, my CPU is low voltage (Latitude E5570 6600-U installed, tried WD SN520). My laptop cannot recognize the SSD at WWAN. Sad.

[@mikevolpini3781]

Will this work in a Dell 5404 Rugged?

[@user-wu5lf8ku9w]

will this work on my dell 7480 wwan, went to other forums and most of themm say that it doesn't work idk why

[@ramiropodolsky]

Petr, I´ve just did that in my Latitude 3480 last week. The difference is that I shall only use the M.2 SATA 2242 in stead of NVMe. As it´s only SATA I´ve build a software RAID-0 and the speeds where really good. I read that SATA and the WWAN used to share the same PCIe lane of the processor but it didn´t. Great video tough! SATAIII disk: Samsung 840 EVO 1TB (SSD Degradated - Has 49% of remaining life) WRITE: 385.4/MBs READ: 502.6/MBs WWAN: KingDian N400 2242 128GB WRITE: 437.2/MBs READ: 504.5/MBs RAID 0 with partitions of the same size (119.69GB) WRITE: 760.7/MBs READ: 943.9/MBs Another interesting upgrade for whom has older Dell is the screen as you shall upgraded from HD to FHD with a simple swap and costs only 50USD. Best Regards!

[@pagep]

Awesome, thanks for sharing!

[@ashuthakur259]

just to clarify we should look for 'NVMe SSD' and not the 'M.2 SATA 2242' ?

[@hugoraulbocci3844]

Hi, I have a latitude 5490, Isuccessfully installed a lexar 256 Gb SSD into the wwan slot and it is now working great, but I have a question, is it possible to set up a raid with a ssd installed into that port?

[@Romanovmykola]

Hi, can you elaborate on the screen upgrade, please?

[@SachinGuptaPathankot]

Hey @Ramiro Paes. I have dell latitude 3480, i have HDD in that. I want to use WWAN slot for SSD? which ssd i should buy please suggest and how can i transfer my original window 10 from HDD to SSD there. Please help

[@hugodinnocenzo]

can you put a hdd and a ssd at the same time? i need like this

[@salmanarip1430]

I have question its said on my dell latitude 3480 its only 32Gb SSD for WWAN what happened if i got 128 gb ssd?

[@vaish883]

How about ThinkPad T470s, pls tell if someone have tried to install ssd in wwan port

[@Tsamados]

Thanks this is helpful I have a Dell Latitude 5400 and you've answered whether it has a mini pcie slot. You can also use these slots to add a full sized PCIE dock, for adding an external GFX card.

[@Belkamd]

how ? using an adapter?

[@Tsamados]

@@Belkamd this video shows you how, the guy in it makes a mount but you don't need to do that. kzbin.info/www/bejne/a4nKlKJtqJKcldEsi=zO41Z5Vr4ilQykfG

[@nelsonadr]

In fact is a mini PCIe but i think is 2x you better install an nvme b + m key in that one and use the m2 port to get 4x

[@snhaqua]

I tried Dell precision m6800 in wwan slot msata wont work it give issues of booting to other windows drive

[@bluerfoot]

would this work on a latitude 5420? Thanks.

[@moto-rambler]

Thank you so much!

[@acroscad]

Does the wwan m.2 work with sata too ? or it only supports nmve (pcie) ?

[@acroscad]

Update: Got a 5401 and my unit does not have the wwan socket soldered.

[@GiovanniDelPanta]

I succesfully installed 512GB M.2 2242 SSD SATA3 TLC - TS512GMTS430S ... but after half an hour .. it disappear and i'v to restert Laptop .... any suggestion ?

[@VertuV]

Hi has anyone try it same on dell latitude 5495? I have same ssd and nothing not either visible. Any suggestions?

[@autozerozone2563]

Thanks for the tutorial

[@englishbdarija92]

Please help me. WWAN slot is empty on my laptop This piece is for what?

[@LightPunchOfficial]

how do i use the slot for the hdd in a latitude 5480?

[@sonthanh8190]

can you install the OS on that drive?

[@ESQUELETOR30]

Gracias por compartir tu conocimiento, execelwnte

[@MrBuihongmanh]

Can that work on Dell latitude 14 7420? Thank you so much.

[@aloviedoaleman]

Can you boot from the WWAN port?

[@itsnoirrr1184]

Does it work on Lattitude 3380 also?

[@0123581505]

will this work with dell 7450?

[@tiva6529]

Bro i did a mistake and buy ssd 2230 any solution or I should sell it and buy a 2242?

[@klaczanowo]

Hello! It's possible to put in WWAN slot of Dell Latitude 5401 more than 256 GB hard drive? 1 TB or 2 TB for instance? And wil be work or not this hurd drive: Sabrent 1TB Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 2242 ?

[@catalinstefanteodorescu2996]

Hi, did you have any chance to test a higher capacity ssd like theToshiba RC 100 480 GB or Lexar NM520 M.2 2242 512GB NVMe on the same WWAN port? Thanks

[@szatanizmo]

important question - are you able to boot your system from WWAN-connected disk?

[@motek6913]

@Gyan Prabhakar can you give more details, please? with dell e7270 can't find a way to install linux and boot from it - in BIOS is not detected - thank you

[@BiggySeth]

This amazon link is dead. Where can I find one of these??

[@TheDanilodfo]

I have a 5400 series laptop, has anyone tried to use mSata ssd on this port?

[@felipedias8061]

Does anyone know if this process works for Lenovo laptops? Mine is an L14 3rd generation AMD

[@maxweal9163]

can we use egpu in the wwan port and how

[@janzderadicka5837]

It is really interesting. I wonder if it can work for my Latitude E5520 in WWAN port also? Does your notebook boot from this SSD disk (I suppose not because of older BIOS)? Could you recommend another disk with higher capacity suitable for WWAN port?

[@pagep]

I looked into BIOS briefly and I didn't see it in the BOOT options menu but I didn't looked into more. However you can always install the boot loader on the main SSD and than have system on the other one - I don't think it should be a problem. As for the disk. I chose this one because 1# I saw it recommended in one discussion that it works, 2# I was not able to find other disk with this small body size :D Like at all. I would also love 500GB SSD but I didn't find any in that small body on the well known eshops :(

[@Romanovmykola]

@@pagep hi, how would you install the boot loader on one drive, and have the system on another? I wish to boot to Windows 10 this M2 drive, and use the main HDD just for file storage. Can you give me a link to the article or something please? Or a proper query to Google that at least? :)

[@pagep]

@@Romanovmykola oh, I don't know how to do that with just clean Windows. I assumed that when you are interested in dual boot / swap of disk, you would be installing Linux and there with GRUB loader you can do such things.

[@mo-mi5sg]

Hallo Brother have you installed the msata on the dell Latitude E5520?

[@digitalworld8739]

Dell latitude e7450 i7 5th in thia method work or not?

[@karlos5hsu682]

Does the PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe SSD work with Dell Latitude 5401 ?

[@JulioArreaga]

According to Crucial it does. Looking to upgrade my storage to PCIe, did you end up doing it? How’d it go?

[@NaniChinni-ub7vs]

I also installed the same Type of SSD into Dell E7450 Laptop but the disk didn't detect on my Laptop what to do??

[@xcap2000]

Has anyone tried that on a Latitude 5590? Does it work?

[@MegaAmoxicillin]

I was really wondering about that slot for too long. Thank you for your video! How much capacity can the slot hold?

[@josephokonkwo217]

I just added a M2 42MM 1TB SSD on my Dell latitude 5480 and it worked

[@mdcs90ak47]

@@josephokonkwo217 can you boot windows from the SSD on the WWAN port? I'm planning on doing the same to my latitude 5480, but my OEM storage is HDD, which I plan on leaving as secondary storage

[@harshaworld4257]

@@mdcs90ak47 are you able to install m2 add ?

[@isaiaskinq]

Can be use M2 2230 or 2242?

[@TB-nf6bs]

@@josephokonkwo217 can you boot windows from this slot helllloo

[@catalinstefanteodorescu2996]

Hi Petr, I wonder if you have any follow-up (update on) this video. Did you have any chance to try a higher capacity ssd on the WWAN slot, like the Toshiba RC 100 480 GB or Lexar NM520 M.2 2242 512GB NVMe? If not, what are your thoughts about it?Thanks

[@pagep]

I didn't have a reason to upgrade it. It still works fine. As for the other models I don't see a reason why it ~should~ shouldn't work, so you should try to give it a go.

[@catalinstefanteodorescu2996]

@@pagep The reason why it might work is that WWAN slot is just an interface, and in particular a pcie: that interface doesn't care if you attach to it a 4G LTE or M.2 ssd; instead all that matters is to plug in a device communicating over that specific interface.

[@pagep]

@@catalinstefanteodorescu2996 Sorry, of-course! I meant to write "I don't see a reason why it shouldn't work" ! :D

[@husnain680]

will this work with deLL LATITUDE E5550

[@HakimNurubay]

does it work on dell latitude 7390 also?

[@The_Fl0]

Bonjour, je souhaiterais installer un SSD dans le port WWAN de mon Dell latitude 7290, pourriez vous me donner les caractéristiques du SSD svp ? Merci

[@TheOgi22]

And how about mPCIe wifi slot?

[@subhanqureshi3411]

I have dell latitude 6430u laptop can I add 2nd ssd?

[@farmlandtiger1377]

what's the max cap, and how to tell?

[@haziqzaka2034]

can we add external gpu in it?

[@DerghamWolf]

Why do you install and remove the parts without removing the battery and then pressing the power button to discharge the static charges?

[@wookongninja7461]

Sweet! Thanks

[@user-ie9yu9nw8y]

Hello, how many PCIe lanes for thunderbolt 3 port on it?

[@OohPutain]

4x PCIe lanes

[@rfigueroa1247]

Hey what key is that slot for wwan?

[@princermmetran4846]

is this 22x30 or 22x42? thanks