Reddit mentions of MyDigitalSSD Super Boot 2 (SB2) 42mm (2242) SATA III (6G) M.2 NGFF SSD Solid State Drive (256GB (240GB))

I have a T440p and upgraded it to a M.2 SSD. I have a MyDigitalSSD SuperBoot 2, this one 256GB, formats to 240GB, https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MXMQQ7Z/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I put Linux Mint on it and it works great.

I also have two Samsung 860 EVO 500GB SSD's. One in the drive bay, the other in a caddy. They all work fine also.

I think you'll have some trouble finding the best SSDs in the 2242 form factor for two reasons: it is tough to fit enough flash chips on the small board and manufacturers are targeting 2280 for their high-end SSDs. I didn't realize how few drives there were until you asked; I just checked Amazon US and the biggest I found was 256 GB.

You can add a second internal drive (a 2242 sata Drive m.2), and even a third beneath the battery (with right connectors from Lenovo) (although third one must be single sided 2242)

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I did something like this a while back, but the first upgrade for me was the SSD.

Nearly all chromebooks have eMMC SSD and you can easily upgrade them with something like this for pretty cheap. Good luck :)

Just get this

This is the one you need. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MXMQQ7Z/ref=nav_timeline_asin?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

Hello,

As ArthurRemington noted, the system as originally sold was configured to use the 16GB M.2 SATA SSD as a cache to offset the slow 1TB 5400RPM HDD using either Lenovo's [ExpressCache] (http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/downloads/ds104444)† software or Intel's Smart Response Technology software. If you did not install one of those after setting up the system then that the reason the computer is slow. It is loading everything off the hard disk drive and not taking advantage of the cache drive at all.

From looking at the ThinkPad Yoga 460 FRU-BOM, the ThinkPad Yoga 460 is only offered with a M.2 2242 SSD, which means SATA and not NVMe as LocalHostRulez noted. Since M.2 2242 SSDs use single- or dual-chip NAND flash memory solutions, they are going to be slower than SSDs which use physically larger boards, like M.2 2280, because those contain morec hips across which the reads and writes can be spread. For this reason, I'd recommend against going with a 128GB M.2 2242 SSD, which are probably going to operate in the lower-300-400 MB/s speed range and instead go with a 256GB part, which should get you into the 400-500 MB/s speed range. Here some compatible replacements:

Manufacturer|Model|Capacity|Amazon.Com Link

---|:---|:---|:---|
MyDigitalSSD|MDM242-SB2-0256|256GB|https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MXMQQ7Z/
Transcend|TS256GMTS400|256GB|https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KLTPUG4/
ZTC|ZTC-SM201-256G|256GB|https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00YDHKIMG/

Transcend also has a 512GB model, but you are paying a premium. ZTC had a 512GB model as well, but I didn't see a listing for it on Amazon. If you can find one at a decent price, though, you might want to consider that.

Any good quality 2.5" SATA SSD (Samsung, Intel, etc.) would be even faster, though. However, that would mean giving up the 2.5" 1TB HDD.

When you're ready to perform the upgrade, download the Lenovo ThinkPad Yoga 460 Hardware Maintenance Manual, which explains how to disassemble and reassemble the unit. I also found a YouTube video here of someone doing the same thing.

In the meantime, probably the best thing you can do to increase performance is to wipe both the SSD and HDD drives inside the ThinkPad Yoga 460 and reload the Windows 10 operating system using the Lenovo factory recovery media, which you should be able to download from the Lenovo Digital Download Recovery Service. Check to verify eligibility before you erase the drives, though. You will need a 16GB USB flash drive to create the recovery media.

With the recovery media, you will be able to get the system back to the way it was running when it first arrived. Ever since the SuperFish incident, Lenovo pretty much gave up on installing any third-party software on their systems (aka bloatware). You can read the announcement from their company here about that. By the way, it was never installed on any ThinkPads, just their consumer offerings. Lenovo still does load some non-Microsoft software, but it's for things which aren't natively-supported by the operating system (For example, if you bought a Lenovo computer with an Intel RealSense 3-D camera, it would have the Intel RealSense 3-D software on it, since Microsoft doesn't provide that software as part of Windows 10.), maybe a trial version of anti-malware software. You'll also see a couple of pre-loaded programs like Lenovo Settings (for managing the computer's hardware) and Lenovo Companion (for customer support), but those are Windows Apps from Lenovo, and can be easily removed. Oh, and maybe some Lenovo wallpaper. Traditionally, ThinkPads have not had much in the way of bloatware, anyways, since they are sold to enterprises for corporate use.

In the words of the Immortal Bard‡, you kind of played yourself by loading a vanilla version of the operating system instead of sticking with the factory pre-load, which was relatively bloat-free (maybe just uninstalling any third-party security program if you wanted to use Windows Defender).

Even if you do not plan on reinstalling the Lenovo pre-load of Windows 10 to the existing 16GB SSD + 1TB HDD, I would strongly suggest making the recovery media. That way when your replacement M.2 2242 SSD arrives, you can use that to perform a clean install of the factory pre-load, and get any Lenovo drivers or software needed for the machine to operate at full potential.

Regards,

Aryeh Goretsky


^†I ^believe ^Lenovo ^actually ^licenses ^it ^from ^Condusiv
^Technologies^.
^‡DJ ^Khaled.

This seems to be best option though i don't know anything about the brand.

https://www.amazon.com/MyDigitalSSD-256GB-Super-SB2-Solid/dp/B01MXMQQ7Z/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1491240285&sr=8-1&keywords=42mm+m.2+ssd

Thank you for the quick reply. Do I need a specific keyed ssd for this port? The ones I see when I google 42mm ssd have 2 notches and this port only has 1 notch. Looking at something like this drive

Try this https://www.amazon.com/MyDigitalSSD-Super-Solid-State-Drive/dp/B01MXMQQ7Z

I use this brand in mine.