how can i install a mSATA SSD drive on my MSI GT70 Dominator-895

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Mizo Zizo

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i purchased the MSI GT70 Dominator-895 on the impression i can add mSATA drive to it later,since it comes from amazon with no msata ssd Installed.
but when i opened the laptop , i couldn't find anywhere to install the drive! my drive is crucial m500 msata ssd 128 gb .and i can't even find a slot to install it on my laptop
here's some pictures of my laptop after i opened it , with the HDD bay and an empty bay shown .and a picture of my crucial msata SSD drive




 
Solution
You can buy a msata to 2.5 board, I think theyre around like $20-30 on amazon. It allows you to plug your msata into the board, and then the board itself then plugs into the normal 2.5 drive slot in laptop
Hi guys,

Im having sort of the same issue on my MSI GT-70. I have a standard 2.5 SSD as my main HD. I want to be able to run 2 msata drives also so I have a total of 3 HD. Each drive is 256 gb. I bought one of these adapters ($15) but for some reason I cannot get the laptop to recognize the 3rd drive. No matter what configuration I try it will only see 2 drives in the BIOS or in Windows. Any advise?