This the the ssd I use in my T450. Works as a boot drive or data. I dual boot UEFI only between Windows 10 (on the 2.5 internal ssd) and Fedora 23 (on the 2242 m.2 ssd) I haven't had a single issue so far (a little over a month of daily use 8-10 hours a day. Notes on T450s (might also apply to T450): The 'Single-sided M.2 SSD, via M.2 card slot' is actually the cache drive under the battery and not one on the WWAN slot. And weirdly the HMM does not mention it at all. The actual WWAN slot does support SATA drives and bootable (according to other Reddit posts). The ThinkPad P50 M.2 SATA SSD Tray is the dedicated tray for you to install the M.2 SATA SSD to ThinkPad P serial systems. Premium 2-in-1 Tablet Exclusive to.

• Lenovo T450 M.2 Ssd Slot
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In this guide, I’ll be taking apart a Lenovo ThinkPad T450s in order to access and upgrade the hard drive, SSD and RAM.

Lenovo T450 M.2 Ssd Slot

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1. Removing the bottom cover

First of all, unlock and remove the battery.
Remove all screws securing the bottom cover. Pry up and remove the cover.
You can use a guitar pick or any other piece of plastic to split the case.

Under the bottom cover you can get access to the following internal components:
– Hard drive
– RAM slot
– M.2 slot
– Internal battery
– Heat sink and Cooling Fan
– Wireless card
– CMOS battery
– Speaker

2. Upgrade the RAM

The ThinkPad T450s comes with 4GB DDR3L-1600MHz RAM, but it’s also has a spare RAM slot.
In my case, I will add a Kingston 8GB RAM.

Here’s my new Kingston 8GB DDR3L-1600MHz RAM.

3. Upgrade the SSD

Here’s WWAN M.2 slot, I will install a Plextor 2242 M.2 SSD into the slot.

4. Upgrade the hard drive

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The T450s comes with HGST 500GB 7200RPM hard drive. If necessary, you can upgrade to a larger capacity hard drive, or replace it with a 2.5″ SSD.