MSI S20 ultra book upgrade

I heard msi s20 have 2 ram slot and 2 SSD slot, is this true?
I wanted to upgrade it. hope someone can verify this for me.

Quote from: koolken on 19-April-14, 04:53:10
I have the S20 with the i7 processor. There isn't a 2.5 SDD bay, but there is room for a 2.5 SSD. The only problem would be is that the drive connector is for a mSATA, and not a standard SATA connector. Also note that the S20 only has room for a half size mSATA. The largest half size mSATA I could fine was a 128GB. The reason for the half size mSATA is because the battery gets in the way, leaving only enough space for a half size card. I was able to put in a full size mSATA by using a mini-PCIe extender cable with adapter. Mini-PCIe uses the same pins (just a different protocol) as mSATA. It worked perfectly, but requires disassembling the laptop almost completely.
Just my thoughs. I hope this is helpful
Please, help me. I need more info for this. Can you make foto, or give me, please, links
Thank you!!!

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