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Tarnish3365

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I'm currently working on repurposing an AppNeta M70 unit and am exploring the possibility of using the onboard WiFi card slot for an mSATA drive. I was wondering if there are any instructions or guidance available regarding compatibility, especially in relation to firmware versions that support this configuration.
BIOS Information m70 R2.2 (V0472M22)(04/14/2021)
Any documentation, tips, or insights you could share would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance for your time and assistance.
 
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razzfazz0815

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Is there any reason to believe that the WiFi (Mini-PCIe) card slot actually supports mSATA as well? Despite the fact that it’s the same physical form factor, this isn’t something that’s inherently supported — you’re basically muxing in a whole different set of wires.
 

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Is there any reason to believe that the WiFi (Mini-PCIe) card slot actually supports mSATA as well? Despite the fact that it’s the same physical form factor, this isn’t something that’s inherently supported — you’re basically muxing in a whole different set of wires.
mSATA needs 2xTx and 2Rx serial wires to a Sata controller, if not wired, no mSata
 
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M50-r01 = V046HM22
V046HM22_En.BIN is bios
V046HM22.BIN is Intel SPS
not correct, both files include ME/SPS
which area is to update is selected by "/me"

ME/SPS is FW for chipset, i guess the miniPCI slot is connected to chipset, to change something you need to update ME/SPS FW.
means not this adds mSATA support to the connector (maybe,maybe not, i don't know)
 
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