Alienware 15 m2 ssd: PCIE or SATA?

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• SSD PCIe m2 for Alienware Alpha R2 configuration

  I bought an R2 with configuration with M2 PCIe SSD 256Go. However when I check the info in app Support of Dell, the SSD is connected to SATA PCIe not. And the speed of the signal's SATA 6 GB.

  I suspect that this SSD is a SATA SSD of M2. Not a PCIe, I chose.

  I saw online messages that other R2 is bundled with Toshiba nvme SSD (THNSN5512GPU7), but mine is Samsung model CM871a. CM871a is a model very bad performance.

  Appreciate any help and clarification from Dell.

  No it's not true. R1 has only a single PCIe slot that is Wifi but R2 has a more use of SSDS m2. Your used SATA interface SSD because SSD, you got is a SATA SSD m2. If you use a PCIe we (m key), it will run on the PCIe interface. It supports even the Protocol NVM express if you use SSDS as pm951 or 950 pro.

  Contact Michelle and she may be able to arrange a replacement for you.

  But to be honest on daily use is not much of a difference. And SSD PCIe runs very hot and causes the loud fan noise.

• Z620: need help with the difference ("boot") of ssd pci-e cards and pci-e (BIOS) nand

  Hello

  I intend to buy a card pci-express ssd for access/faster transfer, and I read the topics concerning the problem of booting from that ssd, but still did not understand much to be honest.

  what I noticed, is that HP620 should work with older (like turbodrive Z), but not the based NAND, new Z turbodrive G2,.

  or only with a few tricks.

  now to my question.

  Some people say, this new nand ssd pci - e cards require a boot uefi bios and a few options, I do not understand.

  as I have a regular bios (not), is it true that you cannot boot from these new ssd expansion slot, or are there tricks like the passage to the AHCI and a few other options in the bios?

  If this is not possible, I'd be limited to regular use SATA ssd, limited to 500 MB/s of bandwidth, right?

  Thanks for any help

  Chris

  Found this info on the web;

  "There are actually two versions of the player. The original version uses the familiar AHCI Protocol, while a new variant is the NVM Express standard. The model of the AHCI is compatible with a wide range of motherboards and available among a wider selection of suppliers. »

  The version of NVMe is also supposed to be faster, but in reality, it is not much of a difference.

  

  I think that you need a motherboard with a socket m2 is to see a real difference in speed compared to the old version of AHCI.

  I understand that it is only the most recent Zx40 HP series range that supports readers NVMe but not sure 100%. It would certainly be a challenge trying to get one to work in a series of Zx20 HZ.

  My SM951 in CrystalDiskMark 5;

  

• Dimension 8400 card PCI-e SATA boot

  I have improved my 8400 with a SSD with only a slight increase in performance due to SATA I interface of the machine, my question is is this work card and I'll be able to boot from it?

  It's even more complicated...

  The PCI - e SATA card probably requires a software driver to work, but the driver may not load unless / until Windows loads. If the Boot Manager will never see the map, and there is no option for startup in the BIOS in the D8400 PCI - e in any case.

  The PCI-e card can not accept data from the meter to 250 and remove what to the bus at 150. Where it will store data that arrives faster he can remove what? So even if you can boot from PCI-e, it is still not going do everything faster than SATA1.

  EDIT: Just looked at your link and - Yes - this card comes with a driver CD, so it cannot start the system because its driver is not loaded.

• The p300 supports booting from an SSD PCIE NVMe adapter?

  Hello

  I think I have a samsung 950 pro with an ssd PCIe adapter to start windows 10 on a thinkstation P300 (Machine type 30AG, e3-1281 processor v3 with latest bios-22/06/2016 FBKTC6AUS).

  Will this work?

  THIS MARKET! (Sorry for the caps, but I'm so excited.)

  I have installed the 950 pro in a pcie adapter, put it in the P300, installed the driver Samsung NVMe, initialized and formatted the disc (in the GPT, which is the same as my previous drive C) and then downloaded samsung data migration. I migrated my previous drive C to the new 950 pro, then shutting down my computer. I've detached from the old C drive, rebooted and went into the bios (F1) and I put the pro 950 (under 'other devices') # 1 start order.*

  It starts in windows 10 beautifully, as if she was made to do so; no hiccups, it simply works.

  Although NVMe readers are not officially supported on the P300, Samsung somehow got to work. I strongly suspect that it has to do with the pro Samsung 950 ROM option, which resides in the SSD and not on the computer, which allows you to start.

  * Make sure you just under "other devices" the 950 pro is the only drive listed. I have a data esata drive connected to my computer and the 950 pro as well as my data disk appears under the heading "other devices." at the start, my computer complains that no operating system is found. However, if I turn off my esata drive before starting, the p300 boots perfectly. I just turn on my esata after that I'm on windows.

• P50 and SSD PCIe-NVMe

  Does anyone know what brand/model/version of the solid state drive comes with a ThinkPad P50 configured with a 512 GB SSD PCIe - NVMe?

  I called the center of support here in the United Kingdom, but they couldn't help.

  I saw a lot of people tend to buy a HD at low prices and then swap with a Samsung 950 PRO NVMe m2.

  Could this SSD (950 PRO) be set as main (and only) disc?

  Thank you.

  You will need for the SSD tray to be ordered separately.

  https://www.lenovoquickpick.com/USA/system/ThinkPad/p-series/P50#accessory/66383

• How can I change the player assigned to the SSD for a SATA instead of the SCSI drive?

  Original title: SCSI instead of SATA

  I built a PC with Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit.  My C: drive is a Samsung 840 Pro SSD.  The system never worked properly and I discovered that the SSD which is a SATA 3 drive in Device Manager is configured as a SCSI disk.  Someone knows how to change the driver assigned to the SSD for a SATA instead of the SCSI driver?

  Hello Uriel,

  Thank you for your response.

  SATA controllers will normally appear as "SCSI" controllers in windows. It's normal and nothing to worry about. Often the SATA controllers will also be able to run in IDE mode and then they present themselves as IDE controllers, but it is unlikely that they will be able to operate optimally, as the IDE interface is missing some features of SATA. So even if you do not have the ability to set the cache in the Device Manager, a SATA controller is running in mode SATA should work just fine.

  The IDE bus is managed by the controller SATA3, and if this control is set in the BIOS to "IDE" somehow it seems related to the operating system as a SCSI device.  By setting this entry in the BIOS to "RAID/IDE" IDE devices get properly detected.

  This can also occur if you change the BIOS settings for the SATA ports of 'IDE' to 'AHCI' after installing Windows 7.

  I hope this information helps.

  Thank you

• Vs PCI - e SATA SSD?

  I just start planning for the next computer and began to ask me, if PCI-e SSD speed up lightroom, compared to SATA SSD transfers?

  It depends on what parts of Lightroom, you want to speed up.

  The speed of the drive doesn't help at all with most parts of Lightroom. It will not help to develop, import or export. It helps with loading software, catalog loading and loading of previews. If you still think a game by getting faster disks, so if I understand things, PCI - e is faster than the SATA drives, but we also have to be at the point where you will never notice the difference, so whichever is cheaper is probably the best choice.

  If you really want to speed up most parts of Lightroom (import, develop, export), you should get a faster processor.

• Alienware 15 R2 SSD SATA3 or PCIe?

  Does anyone know if the m2 within the new R2 port is SATA3 or PCIe? I'm still waiting on my R2 is displayed and you want to add a Samsung 850 EVO or a Samsung SM951. While both drives are M.2 the connector is obviously different for each reader.

  the two, you can install both types of SSD

• Alienware 17 R2 SSD upgrade

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  So I understand that my willing R2 of 4 bays m2 and a single 2.5 I can use to upgrade with. I was wondering if I could use PCIe 2.0 or 3.0 PCIe interface SSD to fill 4 m2 berries I have available. For example, I was interested in getting this (Toshiba OCZ RD400 m2 512GB 3.0 PCI-Express x 4 MLC) but I'm stumbled upon a thread who says computers laptops Alienware 17 may only use SATA interfaces... If this is true, could work with any SATA SSD interface, as I can use the SATA 3?

  If not, are there any other recommendations to decent SSD I could get that would fit in my laptop? Thank you in advance!

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• SSD and SSD PCIE

  Please I need to know what is the PCIE SSD and why his petter as SSD?

  It's a metaphor. The SATA bus isn't as high bandwidth data i.e. because he can't use that whole part of the data bus in the processor.
  
  This is one of those that makes me wonder if it of a real question or are you just messing with us? Prove you're not and ask about a real problem of the computer.

• Alienware 15 R2 SSD

  I recently bought Alienware 15 R2. I've already replaced Hitachi 7200 RPM HARD drive on port SATA-3 with Samsung 850 EVO 1 TB SSD and performance is very good. Now I need to upgrade 250 GB SSD Toshiba SSD because she is not to score with IOPS / s writing very low the next Samsung 960 2 TB (EVO or Pro). I know he can. But my question is can I keep my Toshiba SSD also as boot drive while making new 960 2 TB of hard drive as boot drive. There are 2 slots for NVME SSD of the form M2 on R2 of Alienware.

  On my previous Alienware 14 (version 2013) I had kept boot with OS disk 64 GB my removing of the Raid array, replacing the hard drive 7200 RPM SATA - 3 with Samsung 850 Evo 1 TB that had the program folder files and put on 7200 RPM disk HARD interface of withSATA-2 DVD player by removing the DVD which is not relevant in today's world of readers of the pen , for the 18 months wih past excellent performance...

  Hello

  It's totally doable. There are two slots, and all you have to do is to install a new, change the boot order and install Windows on the new drive. Then, you can format the old SSD and use it as a storage device.

• What type of SSD (2.5 "SATA III or mSATA) is compatible with my Studio XPS 1640?

  Greetings.

  I'm looking to update / replace the original hard drive in my Studio XPS 1640.  I decided on a SSD Samsung 1 TB 850 Evo, but - without opening to the top of my laptop an extra time - I don't know which format is compatible: the 2.5 "SATA III or the mSATA?  I will very happy if someone can tell me which of these SSDS work with my laptop.

  You need a reader 2.5 "SATA - there is no support for type mSATA or readers PCIe card in this system.

  The SATA controller is 3G, so you will not see the full implementation of a SATA 6 G - you'll get only half of that can support the disk - but a SATA SSD will work with the system.

  The system is designed for a 9.5 mm hard drive - you'll need a spacer to mount a 7 mm SSD (some readers from Samsung and Crucial include;  If yours is not that they are just a few dollars).

• Portege R600 - performance SSD limited by SATA 1.0

  Hello

  I have improved my Portege R600 - 13 X replace SSD HARD drive (Sandisk Ultra Plus / SATA 3.0)
  This laptop has the Intel® GS45 Express chipset supporting should SATA 2.0, but I can't reach 1.5 Gb/s transfer rate. I've updated everything as I could, including the BIOS - that does not show even any option that would for example switching between modes SATA...

  Is there anyone with a SSD R600 and get better results?
  I only failed to update the chipset installation ends with an error and suggests that there is something not quite right

  Hello

  Have you checked the BIOS for the SATA mode option settings?

  Some BIOS supports a SATA mode: AHCI and compatible.
  In case you want to use the SATA performance, you must use the AHCI parameter.

  AFAIK the external eSATA port supports the 300 MB/s and in the BIOS must be set to serial ATA (default) port4.

  The interface of the host load max 300 MB/s but sustained data read would be max 100 MB/s and 40 MB/s max sustained data write

• HP TouchSmart 610-1190f: replace the TV Tuner card AVerMedia HP TouchSmart 610 with SSD PCI-E

  I do not use the TV Tuner card for my HP TouchSmart 610.

  Can I replace the card with a PCI-E SSD?

  Hi @hpts610user,

  These all-in-one computers are not designed to be changed. I'll try not because of space and design.

  Here is a document of things which can be updated LEVEL AND SERVICE of GUIDE. .

  Perhaps looking to put a hard drive hybrid to replace the old hard drive.

  I hope this helps. Please keep me informed of the progress of things.

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