MSI GS70 Stealth Pro - mSATA Question.

Hi there
I am interested in buying this machine. Collecting some information before I do that.
This machine seems to have 2 or 3 mSATA slots.
Questions:
1) Can I use my own mSATA drives in these slots OR the drives in these slots fixed from OEM?
2) Does any one know what's the maximum capacity of these mSATA slots? is It 128GB, 256GB or 512GB?
Thank you.

There are three mSATA slots.
http://dragonarmy.msi.com/forum/showthread.php?t=64976#.U_7AAMWSwuE
1. Think you should be fine as long as you have the mSATA interface SSD.
(Safer way is to ask MSI for the tested SSD lists to avoid compatibility issue.)
2. From the website, it should be 256GB.
(Try to google around if there are people who talks about 512GB on GS70 Stealth Pro)

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