Adding 2nd M.2 2230 SSD to Precision 3530: bracket needed

In my 7368 I had a 2230 512 GB SSD, When I graded to a 2280 970 Evo. I had to move the lock down bracked back to the 2280 position. the 2230 512GB i just installed it with a screw I bought off Amazon. No Heat sinks or either?

I already have an SSD in the first slot, which indeed accepts 2280 SSD's. I want to use the second slot. This is a WWAN slot that also fits short SSD's. What I am looking for is a small bracket to fit a 2230 SSD in the WWAN slot.

So as shown in the photos below (from https://www.myfixguide.com/dell-precision-3530-disassembly/)

SSD in laptop

SSD with thermal plate in laptop

SSD with bracket

From the pictures, it appears what you have there is an mSATA with a proprietary adapter these are mostly used as a  Cache over a spinner hard drive. You might want to google mSATA and see what is available these usually are small 35 GB to 60 GB SSD's

I believe what you are looking for can be found on Amazon or eBAY,

Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/Frame-2FFR0-Bracket-Latitude-Precision/dp/B07CWRNZRY

Or eBAY:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/New-for-Dell-Latitude-E5590-E5580-E5480-E5290-M3520-M3530-M-2-SSD-Caddy-bracket/401661782776?hash=item5d84e86af8:g:yzsAAOSwfplcNuj~&frcectupt=true

maybe I have these incorrect?

I believe that this frame is for M2 2280 and not 2230 unfortunately.

I don't think there's a diff between 3520 and 3530.

https://www.amazon.com/Deal4GO-Latitude-Precision-2FFR0-X3DN4/dp/B07P9YQWCB/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_5?keywords=ssd+bracket+m3530&qid=1552849378&s=electronics&sr=1-5-fkmrnull

To the replies above: the links by Sfortin are indeed for an M2 2280 SSD. (2280 and 2230 refer to the size of the ssd: 22x80 or 22x30 mm.) The precision 3530 has a WWAN slot that fits 2230 SSD's. So the linked parts are too large and won't fit.

Unfortunately, I still don't know the official part number. I asked Dell support, but they couldn't help me. They refered to part 2FFR0, which still differs from the photos on myfixguide. In the end I bought a generic M2 (2280) heat sink, sawed it to size, drilled a hole in it and installed it in the laptop. The photo shows the result. There is only one screw to clamp the heat sink and SSD down, but it works. 

The heat sink I used is a Gelid M.2 Subzero (link). It comes with a thermal pad for in between the SSD and heat sink. However, the thermal pad (0.5 mm) and heat sink (3 mm) were too thick together. So at one side, I grinded the heat sink, removing the 'fins' to make it thinner. This is the metal-coloured part at the botom of the photo.

In the end, it is probably easier to buy an M.2 2242 SSD. The slot is meant for WWAN cards of 42 mm, so I suppose that such an SSD would fit directly without bracket (no guarantee though). For 2230 SSD's without official bracket: it would be easier to use a thinner heat sink, or even just a regular aluminium strip from a hardware store. In both cases, don't forget the thermal pad. But the Gelid heat sink also works when you make it to size.

Finally, as an alternative route or for people who really want to add a third SSD, see the link below. It is for a different laptop, it's not the official way and no idea if it works, but it might be interesting for some of you.

https://www.thewichitacomputerguy.com/blog/how-add-second-hard-drive-dell-latitude-5580-or-5590

Now that is very cool. You've literally pushed the state of the art. I apologize for any confusion my posts added. The information you posted will no doubt help others.I'm surprised the proper part (if it exists) hasn't been made available for other model laptops.  

It's late answer, but might help someone. First you need to know configuration:
Red mark is my system, so instead on 2230 (which needs special bracket) I grabbed directly 2242 one, I bought this one (BTW few weeks ago 512gb version's price was $85 and I got it):
Lexar NM520 M.2 2242 512GB NVMe Solid-State Drive (LNM520-512RBNA)

Look carefully, it should be NVME drive, not SATA, there are plenty of other drives on Amazon, but don't go in a  wrong way.

This drive fits without any problem (doesn't needs any bracket) and system detected it automatically, I just defined it via Windows Disk Management and wholla it works :).

Notice: my BIOS configuration is AHCI not Raid.

Hope this helps someone

I tried same operation for precision m3520. But there is some problem.

If you start pc while power plugged on, the WWAN tochiba RC100 ssd finding correctly.

Or if you run bios setup and than restart computer also its work. 

Other case many times, ssd doesnt appear.

I think the solution is depents to bios program. We need ne correct bios version from DeLL

Hi, I installed a lexar 256Gb ssd into the wwan port and it works great, is it possible to set up a raid 0 using the laptop ssd and the ssd plugged into the wwan port?

Hi @Backaroo,

Please can you share where you've got the info that 256 GB is maximum the WWAN port can handle. Is this from the manual? If so, I expect this is due to the fact that Dell did not test anything higher than that, and not that it's not supported. My feeling is that an M.2 480GB NMVe would work fine (but I haven't tested it). What are your thoughts?

Thanks

Hi Stefan,
yes, I have this information from the manual.
It would be interesting to see if larger drives works?