MSI GX720 and 32GB MLC Mini PCIe Solid State Drive

I know that there is a spot on my motherboard inside my laptop for 32GB MLC Mini PCIe Solid State Drive,  has anyone tried installing one and successfully installed an OS?  thanks for the replies.

I thought you just put one in where you normally put a wireless network card.  There is two slots for mini pcie on the MB.  This is not a typical ssd drive.  It is one that go in the netbooks.

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