What brand/model SSD? AFAIK the only makers of 42mm M.2 SATA SSDs are the OK Transcend and a few 'not recommended' others.
Did you test with the SSD and no HDD? Did you do the install on the SSD while the HDD was installed? (These probably wouldn't have anything to do with that error but just want to be complete, making sure it's not a bootloader issue.)
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by kaddafi88 » Wed Nov 14, 2018 3:20 pm
It was KingSpec, but a couple of days ago it failed. Its size is now 132 kb. Today I bought a new disc Transcent MTS420 for 240 GB. The laptop does not see at all. I am disappointed not to understand the reasons.
Thinkpad x230 (IPS, RAM8GB, mSata 240gb), T440p (IPS FHD, i5, RAM16GB, m.2 240gb + SSHD 1TB)
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by RealBlackStuff » Wed Nov 14, 2018 4:01 pm
You need a SATA M.2/NGFF SSD, not the very similar PCIe M.2 NGFF. T440/T440s/T440p need the 2242 type with a B-key. E.g. this will work: MyDigitalSSD 240GB (256GB) Super Boot 2 (SB2) 42mm (2242) SATA III (6G) M.2 NGFF SSD Solid State Drive - MDM242-SB2-0256
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jdrou Senior Member
by jdrou » Mon Dec 03, 2018 11:52 pm
I would have expected the MTS420 to work; that's a SATA drive (3D NAND version of the MTS400 I have). Might have some other problem than a bad/wrong drive. Maybe the M.2 slot is damaged or something. Does the laptop work fine with nothing in the slot?
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jdrou Senior Member
by jdrou » Wed Apr 17, 2019 4:52 pm
ameeno wrote:Wed Apr 17, 2019 4:43 am
As you can see there is NO MENTION of NGFF on the listing only m.2 ssd sata 3 bus. so it should work .. but i am scared now
NGFF "Next Generation Form Factor" is just what they called the M.2 slot before it was standardized and some places still use it as a keyword for searches.
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jdrou Senior Member
by jdrou » Mon May 20, 2019 11:29 pm
I believe MTS420S has now been reported to work in T440p. It doesn't have DRAM cache like the MTS400 so lower performance but there is now an MTS430S with DRAM and a 512GB version like the MTS400 (also much longer write lifetime than 420S). I plan on trying it as soon as Amazon gets it in stock.
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by kennn » Tue Jun 04, 2019 10:40 am
jdrou wrote:Mon May 20, 2019 11:29 pm
... there is now an MTS430S with DRAM and a 512GB version like the MTS400 (also much longer write lifetime than 420S). I plan on trying it as soon as Amazon gets it in stock.
Can you confirm the MTS430S is working fine in the T440p?
I'm looking to upgrade and just want to be shure before I order one myself.
jdrou Senior Member
by jdrou » Mon Aug 19, 2019 2:40 pm
kennn wrote:Tue Jun 04, 2019 10:40 am
jdrou wrote:Mon May 20, 2019 11:29 pm
... there is now an MTS430S with DRAM and a 512GB version like the MTS400 (also much longer write lifetime than 420S). I plan on trying it as soon as Amazon gets it in stock.Can you confirm the MTS430S is working fine in the T440p?
I'm looking to upgrade and just want to be shure before I order one myself.
Yes, it works. My CrystalDiskMark tests show it roughly 10% faster than the MTS400 (smaller margin for seq read since that is so close to the SATA bus limit).