In December 2015 I received details from Matt of how he added a SATA SSD. He wrote:
"I can confirm that I can boot from the SATA drive after removing the 1GB IDE DOM.
I added a SATA SSD in a very simple way: All you need to do is remove one of the VESA attachment screws after which the SSD can be secured with two screws through the vent holes."
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The top side of the metal screening cover. You can see that the threaded insert has been removed from the hole in the foreground.
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The SSD mounted on the inside of the cover.
He added:
I used them as router boxes (one with pfsense and one with ipfire). I installed a mini-pcie network card in it. Very solid machines and they run 24/7 for a few months without trouble.
In October 2022 I heard from Chingiz who wrote...
...I was inspired by Matt's modification of T5570, but had to go a bit different way in my case. I have modified my T5550 to be a little file-server. Added the transmission daemon and set the print-server.
Essentially he fitted a SATA SSD and a SATA hard drive to the inside of the removable metal screen.
...and directly wired these to the onboard SATA interfaces.
More detail of the board ends....