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‎05-01-2017 12:42 AM

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Product: Pavillion p6338d
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 (64-bit)

Hi, I have a Pavillion p6338d desktop and was wondering if it could support an mSATA SSD.

I was visually checking the motherboard and found a PCIe mini card port.I am planning to upgrade the storage and need to know if I can use this port to install this mS200 SSD.

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‎05-01-2017 12:49 AM

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Hi,

 

From your link, it has the following expand slots

 

  • One PCI Express x16
  • Two PCI Express x1
  • One PCI
  • One PCI Express x1 minicard socket

It does not have mSATA slot. The following article may help:

 

    https://www.howtogeek.com/238253/what-is-a-pcie-ssd-and-do-you-need-one/

 

or simply use standard 2.5" SSD.

 

Regards.

 

 

BH
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‎05-01-2017 12:49 AM

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Hi,

 

From your link, it has the following expand slots

 

  • One PCI Express x16
  • Two PCI Express x1
  • One PCI
  • One PCI Express x1 minicard socket

It does not have mSATA slot. The following article may help:

 

    https://www.howtogeek.com/238253/what-is-a-pcie-ssd-and-do-you-need-one/

 

or simply use standard 2.5" SSD.

 

Regards.

 

 

BH
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‎05-01-2017 01:14 AM

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Thank you for your guide. It seems that I was confused about the physical port of the PCI express minicard slot that looked exactly the same as the mSATA pins. I will follow your suggestion to use a SATA SSD instead.

 

Since this desktop has no WiFi capabilities, will any PCI express minicard Wireless LAN card work for that slot?

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