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Review on ๐Ÿ’พ Zheino M3 128GB Mini SATA SSD Drive - Internal Solid State Drive with 3D NAND Flash for Mini PCs, Notebooks, and Tablets by Kyle Ross

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Seems to work fine, but you may need to play around with it to make it work.

So I bought this drive as an upgrade for my HP Stream 14 laptop. For reference, you can replace the internal Wi-Fi card with a very small form factor SSD and then set up the laptop to load Download the missing Wi-Fi card and replace it with an external USB Wi-Fi adapter (there are instructions online - be very, very careful when working on your pup's exposed innards). I realized too late that this map is too big for it. So I bought an mSATA to USB 3.0 adapter and decided to use it as an external SSD. After connecting it to my laptop, I found that the device does not show up even though all the lights are on. With a little fiddling with Device Manager, I was able to easily attach a simple partition to it. The device is now working almost as intended. :) Although my original plan was a failure, it seems to work fine as an external USB drive. Also remember that neither this drive nor the adapter has an external enclosure. So either pack some kind of case for it or try to be very careful with it.

Pros
  • Good product for the price
Cons
  • No instructions